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