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