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