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Async Communication & Collaboration Norms Survey Template

Audit async norms to cut meetings and boost productivity. Identify gaps, clarify expectations, and improve remote team communication. Get insights fast.

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Q1
Multiple Choice
Does your team have written norms for asynchronous collaboration (e.g., response windows, channels, tagging)?
  • Yes, clearly documented
  • Partially documented
  • No, not documented
  • Not sure
Q2
Opinion Scale
In the past 4 weeks, how clear were expectations for response times when working asynchronously?
Range: 1 – 10
Min: Not clearMid: Somewhat clearMax: Very clear
Q3
Multiple Choice
Which tools does your team primarily use for async updates and decisions? Select all that apply.
  • Email
  • Slack/Teams or similar chat
  • Project boards (e.g., Jira, Trello, Asana)
  • Docs/Wikis (e.g., Google Docs, Confluence, Notion)
  • Video messages (e.g., Loom)
  • Internal forums or Q&A
  • Other
Q4
Multiple Choice
Does your team have agreed focus or “do-not-disturb” hours for async work?
  • Yes, and they are followed
  • Yes, but applied inconsistently
  • No, but would be helpful
  • No, and not needed
  • Not sure
Q5
Dropdown
What is the typical acceptable response window your team sets for async messages?
  • Within 1 hour
  • 2–4 hours
  • Same business day
  • 24–48 hours
  • 3–5 business days
  • No defined window
Q6
Rating
In the past 4 weeks, how noisy were your async channels (notifications and volume)?
Scale: 10 (star)
Min: Very quietMax: Overwhelming
Q7
Matrix
Thinking about the past 4 weeks, please rate the quality of async updates you received from your team.
RowsStrongly disagreeDisagreeNeutralAgreeStrongly agree
Clear subject or summary•••••
Actionable next steps stated•••••
Relevant links/attachments included•••••
Right people tagged or notified•••••
Timely relative to expectations•••••
Q8
Ranking
Rank the following async collaboration pain points by impact on your work (1 = highest impact).
Drag to order (top = most important)
  1. Unclear ownership or next steps
  2. Too many channels to monitor
  3. Missing context or documents
  4. Slow response times
  5. Notification overload
  6. Duplicate or conflicting work
Q9
Multiple Choice
Attention check: to confirm you’re paying attention, please select “Agree” below.
  • Strongly disagree
  • Disagree
  • Neutral
  • Agree
  • Strongly agree
Q10
Multiple Choice
What is your primary team or function?
  • Engineering
  • Product
  • Design
  • Data/Analytics
  • Customer Support/Success
  • Sales/Marketing
  • Operations/Finance
  • HR/People
  • IT/Security
  • Other/Multiple
Q11
Multiple Choice
Are you a people manager?
  • Yes
  • No
  • Prefer not to say
Q12
Dropdown
How long have you been with the company?
  • Less than 6 months
  • 6–12 months
  • 1–2 years
  • 3–5 years
  • More than 5 years
  • Prefer not to say
Q13
Dropdown
What is your primary work region or time zone?
  • Americas
  • EMEA
  • APAC
  • Multiple/Rotate
  • Prefer not to say
Q14
Dropdown
Approximately how many people are on the team you collaborate with most asynchronously?
  • 1–5
  • 6–10
  • 11–20
  • 21–50
  • 51+
  • Not sure
Q15
Short Text
Briefly name a channel or practice that works well for async collaboration on your team.
Max 100 chars
Q16
Long Text
What one change would most improve async collaboration on your team?
Max 600 chars
Q17
AI Interview
AI Interview: 2 Follow-up Questions on async collaboration norms
AI InterviewLength: 2Personality: Expert InterviewerMode: Fast
Q18
Chat Message
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