Leadership Skills Worksheet: Motivating a Team

Leadership lesson 12: Motivating, giving credit and being fair · Set 20 · 40 questions

Leader's tip (Praise, thank, be fair): Motivating: praising effort, sharing the goal, celebrating small wins, thanking each member, showing the progress, cheering after a loss. Demotivating: shouting at mistakes, taking all the praise, comparing members, ignoring hard work, having favourites. Fair: jobs rotate, everyone gets a turn, the same rule for friends too. Unfair: friends get the easy jobs, the captain always bats first.

1. 1.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) ignoring hard work (b) sharing the goal (c) celebrating small wins (d) praising effort
2. 2.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) cheering after a loss (b) showing the progress (c) only pointing out flaws (d) celebrating small wins
3. 3.⚖️ Being fair as a leader means… (a) changing rules daily (b) same rules for all (c) helping friends first (d) rules only for others
4. 4.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: praising effort? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
5. 5.True or false: “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) taking all the praise (b) shouting at mistakes (c) sharing the goal (d) comparing members
7. 7.True or false: “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.😞 Your team lost the match. How can the captain motivate them? (a) say nothing at all (b) cancel practice (c) blame the weakest (d) point out what improved
9. 9.🏷️ What is “giving credit”? (a) giving marks (b) hiding mistakes (c) saying who did the work (d) taking the prize
10. 10.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) giving honest credit (b) shouting at mistakes (c) comparing members (d) ignoring hard work
11. 11.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” (a) unfair (b) fair
12. 12.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) taking all the praise (b) showing the progress (c) shouting at mistakes (d) only pointing out flaws
13. 13.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “We pick the team by skill trials, not by friendships.” (a) unfair (b) fair
14. 14.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) praising effort (b) showing the progress (c) sharing the goal (d) having favourites
15. 15.True or false: “comparing members” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” (a) fair (b) unfair
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cheering after a loss (b) praising effort (c) having favourites (d) showing the progress
18. 18.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “The same rule applies to my best friend too.” (a) fair (b) unfair
19. 19.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) having favourites (b) shouting at mistakes (c) praising effort (d) comparing members
20. 20.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) praising effort (b) celebrating small wins (c) giving honest credit (d) taking all the praise
21. 21.🎉 Your team’s poster won a prize. What should the leader say? (a) “We did it together!” (b) “I made it win.” (c) “It was mostly me.” (d) “They only helped.”
22. 22.True or false: “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “celebrating small wins” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) having favourites (c) shouting at mistakes (d) sharing the goal
26. 26.True or false: “The same rule applies to my best friend too.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: showing the progress? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
28. 28.True or false: “thanking each member” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: ignoring hard work? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
30. 30.True or false: “giving honest credit” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) shouting at mistakes (b) only pointing out flaws (c) taking all the praise (d) thanking each member
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) taking all the praise (c) giving honest credit (d) ignoring hard work
33. 33.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: having favourites? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
34. 34.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: only pointing out flaws? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
35. 35.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: sharing the goal? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
36. 36.True or false: “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring hard work (b) sharing the goal (c) cheering after a loss (d) showing the progress
38. 38.True or false: “The rule is for you, not for my friends.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) ignoring hard work (c) comparing members (d) celebrating small wins
40. 40.True or false: “The same rule applies to my best friend too.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False

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