Team Communication Preferences Survey
Map out how your team prefers to communicate and collaborate. Reduce friction and misunderstandings by understanding everyone's styles and expectations.
Questions
For quick questions, I prefer...
- Slack/chat message
- Quick video/audio call
- Walk over (if in office)
- Depends on urgency
For complex discussions, I prefer...
- Video call with screen sharing
- In-person meeting
- Long-form written document
- Voice call
- Start async, then meet if needed
How quickly do you expect responses to non-urgent messages?
- Within an hour
- Same day
- Within 24 hours
- When they get to it
How do you feel about messages outside work hours?
- Fine, I'll respond when I can
- Okay if not urgent
- Prefer to keep work hours separate
- Only for true emergencies
I prefer cameras on during video calls.
I like small talk at the start of meetings.
What's your biggest communication pet peeve?
- Meetings that could be emails
- Unclear or vague messages
- Too many notifications
- Lack of response/acknowledgment
- Last-minute meeting invites
- None of these bother me much
How do you prefer to receive status updates?
- Quick daily standups
- Weekly written updates
- Project management tool updates
- Ad-hoc as things happen
What hours are you typically available?
Anything else teammates should know about communicating with you?
Template Info
- Questions
- 10
- Est. Time
- 3-5 minutes
- Difficulty
- beginner