The toolkit · Connection check
How connected is your team really?
Ten quick statements. Rate how often each is true and get a connection score, a benchmark, and the few things worth fixing first.
1. People on the team know each other beyond work.
2. New joiners feel part of the team within their first few weeks.
3. There is easy, non-work chatter in our channels or rooms.
4. People feel safe to speak up, disagree, or admit a mistake.
5. Good work gets noticed and celebrated.
6. People across functions or locations actually interact.
7. Remote and hybrid teammates feel as connected as those in the room.
8. The team has shared rituals or moments that are its own.
9. People would say they have a real friend or close colleague here.
10. When someone is struggling, others notice and check in.
Answer all 10 statements to see your connection score and what to work on first.
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What team connection is, and why it matters
Team connection is the sense that people know each other, belong, and can count on one another beyond the work itself. It is what turns a group of people who share a Slack channel into a team. When it is strong, collaboration is easier, people speak up sooner, and they are far less likely to leave.
It is also the first thing to quietly erode in remote and hybrid work. The casual moments that used to build it, the hallway chat and the shared lunch, disappeared and were never replaced. Work still gets done, but the team feels flatter, and nobody can quite say when it happened.
How this assessment works
The ten statements cover the things that make a team feel connected. Knowing each other, belonging, recognition, psychological safety, shared rituals, and whether people notice when a teammate is struggling. You rate how often each is true, and the answers become a score out of 100, with your weakest areas surfaced first.
This is a gut-check, not a survey
One person answering ten questions is a fast, structured read, not a validated engagement survey. A real survey gathers anonymous input from the whole team and is worth running. This is for the moment before that, when a manager or People lead wants a quick honest look and a place to start.
What to do with a low score
Resist the urge to schedule a big offsite. Connection is built by many small, repeated moments, not one large event whose energy fades by the next week. Pick one of the fixes above, make it a consistent habit, and let it compound. Surveys diagnose the problem. Small recurring rituals are what actually move it.
For the next step, use employee engagement action plan ideas or what to do after an engagement survey.
Is my data safe?
Yes. The assessment runs entirely in your browser. Your answers are saved to local storage on your device and never sent to our servers. There is no sign-up and nothing is recorded.