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