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34 best debrief team building questions
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It's a great time of year for team building activities. It's also the perfect time to take your team research and debrief with these questions in mind. Being able to answer: How did it go? What did we learn? Who was most responsive during the activity? Who got the most headlines? And what makes you think that other people will be any more receptive or interested in your product?
How important was communication when leading?
How did you come up with your idea or solution to the problem?
How did your team work together?
Did your team try different ideas? If so, why did you change your approach? What can you learn from this?
What about you? How did you personally perform during the task?
Did anyone in your team surprise you?
Describe your experience – what happened?
How do you achieve your goals?
Did you need all the materials provided? Why?
Do you feel you worked well as a team?
What did a fellow team member do that was really helpful?
Do you practice any interesting or unique traditions?
(If appropriate) What feedback would you like to give to your activity team leader?
What does this activity suggest about our daily actions at work?
What obstacles to working as a high performing team did you face?
How did you help your team during the activity?
If you could instantly learn any skill, what would it be?
Did the whole team agree? Did everyone have an input?
How well did your team perform during the task?
What did you take away from this activity?
If you were struggling to do the task, how did you get through it?
When there wasn't a good result, what do you think contributed to that?
Who took control of the activity? What did that create (e.g. conflict? relief?)
What did you learn today that you will take back to the workplace?
How did the team handle conflict?
What will we do differently as a result of our insights?
How do you feel now?
Can you be more specific, or explain it another way?
Was you leader a good leader? Why?
If you could do the activity again, what would you change?
In terms of working as a team, what would you do differently next time?
Why were you successful (or not)?
What is a weird habit that you have?
How were the roles of team members selected?