Team building questionnaire: find what your team needs first

Team building days often miss because nobody asked what the team needs. A trust game does not help a team whose roles are muddy. This questionnaire asks first, so the day, the workshop or the lunch fits the real gap. I think that is the whole trick.

How it works

People name their team.
They rate trust, open disagreement, clarity of roles and how much they enjoy working together.
They pick the quality that is strongest and the topic to work on first.
They pick activities they would enjoy, and say what they would rather skip.
One open box takes an idea.

A short chat

"Which team are you in?" Then "How easy is it to ask a teammate for help, from 1 to 5?" Then "What should the team work on first?" The AI shows the answers and asks "Send it?" first. Read about agent-fillable forms.

Good to know

Ratings from a small team are easy to trace, so report the average, not the rows. It works as a team feedback form between away days too. Go wider with the staff survey questionnaire, or check on strain with a stress assessment form. The employee engagement survey covers pay and growth. See forms for HR and recruiting.

Questions

Can I run it before an offsite?

Yes. Send the link a week ahead, then use the activity picks and the first focus choice to plan the day. Close the form before you build the agenda.

What if some people dislike team activities?

The form asks which activities people would enjoy, lets them say what they would rather skip, and includes a no-activity choice. Honour the picks you can.

How do I compare teams?

Ask each team to use the same form and fill in team_name. Then group the CSV by that column and compare the average ratings for trust and clarity.

Or paste the JSON

Give this to your AI. It needs the AI Form API MCP server or an API key. It makes the form and sends you the link.

text

Create this form with the AI Form API create_form tool (or POST https://aiformapi.com/v1/forms with my API key). Then reply with the public_url.

{
  "title": "What does our team need?",
  "description": "Answer for the team you work with day to day. Your answers help us plan something that is actually useful.",
  "fields": [
    {
      "id": "team_name",
      "label": "Which team are you in?",
      "type": "short_text",
      "required": true,
      "max_length": 100
    },
    {
      "id": "ask_for_help",
      "label": "I can ask a teammate for help without worry",
      "type": "rating",
      "required": true,
      "help": "1 is strongly disagree, 5 is strongly agree.",
      "min": 1,
      "max": 5
    },
    {
      "id": "open_disagreement",
      "label": "We settle disagreements openly",
      "type": "rating",
      "min": 1,
      "max": 5
    },
    {
      "id": "roles_clear",
      "label": "I know who owns what in our team",
      "type": "rating",
      "min": 1,
      "max": 5
    },
    {
      "id": "enjoy_working_together",
      "label": "I enjoy working with this team",
      "type": "rating",
      "min": 1,
      "max": 5
    },
    {
      "id": "team_strength",
      "label": "What is our strongest quality?",
      "type": "multi_choice",
      "help": "Pick up to two.",
      "options": [
        "Trust",
        "Humour",
        "Skill",
        "Speed",
        "Mutual support",
        "Planning"
      ],
      "max": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "first_focus",
      "label": "What should we work on first?",
      "type": "single_choice",
      "required": true,
      "options": [
        "Communication",
        "Trust",
        "Roles and ownership",
        "Meetings",
        "Sharing the workload",
        "Celebrating wins"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "activity_picks",
      "label": "Which team activities would you enjoy?",
      "type": "multi_choice",
      "options": [
        "A shared lunch",
        "A volunteering day",
        "A skills workshop",
        "A game or quiz",
        "An outdoor walk",
        "None, I prefer no activity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "activities_to_skip",
      "label": "Anything you would rather we did not do?",
      "type": "long_text",
      "max_length": 800
    },
    {
      "id": "closer_idea",
      "label": "One idea to bring us closer",
      "type": "long_text",
      "max_length": 1000
    }
  ]
}

Or call the API

bash

curl -X POST https://aiformapi.com/v1/forms \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIFORMAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"title":"What does our team need?","description":"Answer for the team you work with day to day. Your answers help us plan something that is actually useful.","fields":[{"id":"team_name","label":"Which team are you in?","type":"short_text","required":true,"max_length":100},{"id":"ask_for_help","label":"I can ask a teammate for help without worry","type":"rating","required":true,"help":"1 is strongly disagree, 5 is strongly agree.","min":1,"max":5},{"id":"open_disagreement","label":"We settle disagreements openly","type":"rating","min":1,"max":5},{"id":"roles_clear","label":"I know who owns what in our team","type":"rating","min":1,"max":5},{"id":"enjoy_working_together","label":"I enjoy working with this team","type":"rating","min":1,"max":5},{"id":"team_strength","label":"What is our strongest quality?","type":"multi_choice","help":"Pick up to two.","options":["Trust","Humour","Skill","Speed","Mutual support","Planning"],"max":2},{"id":"first_focus","label":"What should we work on first?","type":"single_choice","required":true,"options":["Communication","Trust","Roles and ownership","Meetings","Sharing the workload","Celebrating wins"]},{"id":"activity_picks","label":"Which team activities would you enjoy?","type":"multi_choice","options":["A shared lunch","A volunteering day","A skills workshop","A game or quiz","An outdoor walk","None, I prefer no activity"]},{"id":"activities_to_skip","label":"Anything you would rather we did not do?","type":"long_text","max_length":800},{"id":"closer_idea","label":"One idea to bring us closer","type":"long_text","max_length":1000}]}'

JSON definition

json

{
  "title": "What does our team need?",
  "description": "Answer for the team you work with day to day. Your answers help us plan something that is actually useful.",
  "fields": [
    {
      "id": "team_name",
      "label": "Which team are you in?",
      "type": "short_text",
      "required": true,
      "max_length": 100
    },
    {
      "id": "ask_for_help",
      "label": "I can ask a teammate for help without worry",
      "type": "rating",
      "required": true,
      "help": "1 is strongly disagree, 5 is strongly agree.",
      "min": 1,
      "max": 5
    },
    {
      "id": "open_disagreement",
      "label": "We settle disagreements openly",
      "type": "rating",
      "min": 1,
      "max": 5
    },
    {
      "id": "roles_clear",
      "label": "I know who owns what in our team",
      "type": "rating",
      "min": 1,
      "max": 5
    },
    {
      "id": "enjoy_working_together",
      "label": "I enjoy working with this team",
      "type": "rating",
      "min": 1,
      "max": 5
    },
    {
      "id": "team_strength",
      "label": "What is our strongest quality?",
      "type": "multi_choice",
      "help": "Pick up to two.",
      "options": [
        "Trust",
        "Humour",
        "Skill",
        "Speed",
        "Mutual support",
        "Planning"
      ],
      "max": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "first_focus",
      "label": "What should we work on first?",
      "type": "single_choice",
      "required": true,
      "options": [
        "Communication",
        "Trust",
        "Roles and ownership",
        "Meetings",
        "Sharing the workload",
        "Celebrating wins"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "activity_picks",
      "label": "Which team activities would you enjoy?",
      "type": "multi_choice",
      "options": [
        "A shared lunch",
        "A volunteering day",
        "A skills workshop",
        "A game or quiz",
        "An outdoor walk",
        "None, I prefer no activity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "activities_to_skip",
      "label": "Anything you would rather we did not do?",
      "type": "long_text",
      "max_length": 800
    },
    {
      "id": "closer_idea",
      "label": "One idea to bring us closer",
      "type": "long_text",
      "max_length": 1000
    }
  ]
}

Team building questionnaire before your next away day