Leadership Skills Worksheet: Motivating a Team
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.
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- 1.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) having favourites (b) sharing the goal (c) comparing members (d) only pointing out flaws
- 2.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: having favourites? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
- 3.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) sharing the goal (b) taking all the praise (c) cheering after a loss (d) thanking each member
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring hard work (b) shouting at mistakes (c) sharing the goal (d) taking all the praise
- 5.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) showing the progress (b) giving honest credit (c) ignoring hard work (d) sharing the goal
- 6.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “We pick the team by skill trials, not by friendships.” (a) unfair (b) fair
- 7.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) sharing the goal (b) showing the progress (c) thanking each member (d) comparing members
- 8.True or false: “My friends get the easy jobs; the others clean.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: “shouting at mistakes” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: celebrating small wins? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
- 12.True or false: “only pointing out flaws” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: “celebrating small wins” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: “sharing the goal” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
- 15.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) comparing members (b) only pointing out flaws (c) celebrating small wins (d) shouting at mistakes
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cheering after a loss (b) taking all the praise (c) comparing members (d) having favourites
- 17.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: taking all the praise? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
- 18.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) shouting at mistakes (b) taking all the praise (c) having favourites (d) cheering after a loss
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) showing the progress (c) shouting at mistakes (d) taking all the praise
- 20.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) giving honest credit (b) showing the progress (c) shouting at mistakes (d) praising effort
- 21.True or false: “comparing members” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) praising effort (c) celebrating small wins (d) sharing the goal
- 24.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) praising effort (b) shouting at mistakes (c) ignoring hard work (d) only pointing out flaws
- 25.True or false: “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) giving honest credit (b) ignoring hard work (c) comparing members (d) taking all the praise
- 27.True or false: “Only the toppers may share ideas.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
- 28.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” (a) fair (b) unfair
- 29.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: sharing the goal? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking each member (b) taking all the praise (c) showing the progress (d) giving honest credit
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) showing the progress (b) cheering after a loss (c) sharing the goal (d) comparing members
- 32.True or false: “giving honest credit” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
- 33.⚖️ Being fair as a leader means… (a) changing rules daily (b) helping friends first (c) same rules for all (d) rules only for others
- 34.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” (a) fair (b) unfair
- 35.True or false: “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: showing the progress? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
- 37.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: praising effort? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
- 38.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “I bat first every time because I’m captain.” (a) unfair (b) fair
- 39.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” (a) unfair (b) fair
- 40.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: giving honest credit? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
Answer key
- sharing the goal
- demotivating
- taking all the praise
- sharing the goal
- ignoring hard work
- fair
- comparing members
- True
- False
- False
- motivating
- False
- False
- False
- celebrating small wins
- cheering after a loss
- demotivating
- cheering after a loss
- showing the progress
- shouting at mistakes
- False
- False
- only pointing out flaws
- praising effort
- True
- giving honest credit
- False
- fair
- motivating
- taking all the praise
- comparing members
- True
- same rules for all
- fair
- False
- motivating
- motivating
- unfair
- fair
- motivating
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