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