Leadership Skills Worksheet: Motivating a Team

Leadership lesson 12: Motivating, giving credit and being fair · Set 275 · 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.True or false: “The same rule applies to my best friend too.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: only pointing out flaws? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking each member (b) comparing members (c) praising effort (d) showing the progress
4. 4.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “My friends get the easy jobs; the others clean.” (a) fair (b) unfair
5. 5.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: celebrating small wins? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
6. 6.True or false: “New members always carry the kit.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” (a) fair (b) unfair
8. 8.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) celebrating small wins (b) cheering after a loss (c) comparing members (d) thanking each member
9. 9.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: shouting at mistakes? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
10. 10.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) shouting at mistakes (b) having favourites (c) ignoring hard work (d) giving honest credit
11. 11.⚖️ Being fair as a leader means… (a) changing rules daily (b) helping friends first (c) rules only for others (d) same rules for all
12. 12.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: ignoring hard work? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
13. 13.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “New members always carry the kit.” (a) unfair (b) fair
14. 14.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) having favourites (b) shouting at mistakes (c) ignoring hard work (d) cheering after a loss
15. 15.True or false: “taking all the praise” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) shouting at mistakes (c) ignoring hard work (d) praising effort
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) having favourites (b) shouting at mistakes (c) cheering after a loss (d) comparing members
18. 18.True or false: “sharing the goal” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🏷️ What is “giving credit”? (a) taking the prize (b) giving marks (c) hiding mistakes (d) saying who did the work
20. 20.😞 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
21. 21.True or false: “I bat first every time because I’m captain.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “only pointing out flaws” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🌟 Riya stayed late to finish the charts. What is best? (a) claim the charts (b) say nothing (c) thank her by name (d) thank only friends
24. 24.True or false: “praising effort” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” (a) fair (b) unfair
26. 26.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) showing the progress (b) shouting at mistakes (c) praising effort (d) thanking each member
27. 27.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) showing the progress (b) having favourites (c) comparing members (d) only pointing out flaws
28. 28.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) praising effort (b) cheering after a loss (c) only pointing out flaws (d) giving honest credit
29. 29.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: praising effort? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
30. 30.True or false: “My friends get the easy jobs; the others clean.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “celebrating small wins” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “I bat first every time because I’m captain.” (a) unfair (b) fair
34. 34.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: cheering after a loss? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
35. 35.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “We pick the team by skill trials, not by friendships.” (a) unfair (b) fair
36. 36.True or false: “thanking each member” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cheering after a loss (b) thanking each member (c) sharing the goal (d) only pointing out flaws
38. 38.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: comparing members? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) celebrating small wins (b) comparing members (c) shouting at mistakes (d) taking all the praise
40. 40.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: taking all the praise? (a) motivating (b) demotivating

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