You are a manager of a team that is taking a long time to move through the Storming stage. There are two individuals on the team that seem to be unproductive when dealing with conflict and holding the team back. What would you do to help the team move through conflict management and begin Norming and Performing?

How can leaders balance assertiveness and empathy when mediating conflicts between team members?

Describe the components of the team-building cycle and why it is important to understand each phase. In addition, select one of the six stages and provide a personal/professional example of how you or a current/former leader performed this step during a team-building engagement. In response to other students, continue to share and compare worthy experiences/scenarios to validate your understanding of this team-building process.

Questions for image: ● Describe how the current practice of hiring the global teams in India might lead to team conflict, and how to improve the hiring process. Provide at least three specific examples as it relates to this scenario.● Describe how an HR department can assist managers and employees, and their families prepare for and work in an overseas work environment.● If you had been Jorge, how would you apply the three cultural adaptation skills from your reading in Chapter 16 "Managing Expatriates," that would help the team members and their families be successful in adjusting to India?