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