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3 min read
Author
Gabriele Culot
Published
January 24, 2023
Last Update
June 21, 2024
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What is a check-in question?
The best check-in questions by meeting type
Become an employee engagement wizard with Deel
We often hear about how meetings should be trimmed and cut to ensure they are productive and efficient. However, it’s important not to go overboard. Meetings are still human interactions and a great opportunity to better get to know the people we work with.
Check-in questions are great conversation icebreakers, but they can be much more. In this post, we will look at some of the best check-in questions that can help you start any meeting on the right foot.
Meeting check-in questions are quick questions asked at the start of a meeting before diving into the agenda and topics of the day. Check-in questions help get the conversation started, get all participants on the right wavelength, and are essential to gauge attendees’ moods and expectations.
Different meetings and projects require different check-in questions. In some cases, you might be looking to get a feel for the mood of individual team members, while in others, you might be looking to validate whether action items have been completed or interact with the whole team. Whatever the type of meeting, check-in questions are always a good idea and a great starting point for any meeting agenda.
Icebreaker questions are the most versatile check-in meeting questions. They can work for any meeting, from project management follow-ups and status update meetings that usually have very low employee engagement to creative brainstorming sessions and daily stand-up meetings.
While they are easy to come up with, we suggest you keep a list of your favorite ones or those you found most effective, as they can come in handy even when not planned.
Here are some of what we consider the best icebreaker questions you can ask in virtually any scenario:
As we mentioned, the right questions can help build rapport and make people feel cared for. Still, they also bring work-related issues or work-life balance concerns to light. Knowing the right check-in questions to ask a direct report can be crucial to building a strong relationship that promotes both productivity and well-being.
Here are some of the best one-on-one questions you can ask:
Team meetings are an excellent opportunity to build tighter bonds between people who often work together and boost team morale. Celebrating team wins and milestones are valuable tools to create deep connections that make teamwork efficient. Still, well-thought check-in questions can be an equally important asset.
Here are our favorite team-building questions:
Similar to team meetings in many ways, daily stand-ups are unique in their frequent recurrence, short duration, and focus on tasks and practicalities. Given their brief nature, the best team check-in questions for meetings like these relate to the project or tasks the team is working on.
Here are our favorite daily stand-up questions
Remote teams often face different challenges than traditional ones, when it comes to building relationships and team bonding. While most questions can be used effectively for all meetings, some might work best for remote calls specifically.
Here’s a list of fun icebreaker questions to ensure your Zoom calls are covered:
Check-in questions for meetings are a small but fundamental tool to ensure you know your employees and teammates better. They can help build the best environment for people to thrive in, but they are just one tool out of many that team leaders and facilitators should use.
Deel offers a host of tools that can help you improve the work environment. With Connections, you can bring the positive effects of check-in questions outside of meetings with virtual water cooler topics, interest groups, and roulette-style meetups that will help people get to know each other better and engage more.
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