Being a founder or CEO requires a lot of time, and you often can’t chat with your employees as much as you’d like to. So how do you know if they’re happy and doing the best work they can?

To find out some direct, easy ways to learn this important information, we asked 11 founders the following question:

“I don’t check in with my employees often but would like to. What is one straight-to-the-point question to ask them when I do?”