Leadership Skills Worksheet: Motivating a Team

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

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