Leadership Skills Worksheet: Motivating a Team

Leadership lesson 12: Motivating, giving credit and being fair · Set 344 · 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.😞 Your team lost the match. How can the captain motivate them? (a) cancel practice (b) point out what improved (c) blame the weakest (d) say nothing at all
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking all the praise (b) showing the progress (c) sharing the goal (d) praising effort
3. 3.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “The same rule applies to my best friend too.” (a) unfair (b) fair
4. 4.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “The rule is for you, not for my friends.” (a) unfair (b) fair
5. 5.True or false: “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) thanking each member (b) praising effort (c) sharing the goal (d) shouting at mistakes
7. 7.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “New members always carry the kit.” (a) fair (b) unfair
8. 8.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” (a) unfair (b) fair
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) praising effort (c) showing the progress (d) celebrating small wins
10. 10.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” (a) unfair (b) fair
11. 11.True or false: “I bat first every time because I’m captain.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “We pick the team by skill trials, not by friendships.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) having favourites (b) comparing members (c) only pointing out flaws (d) showing the progress
14. 14.True or false: “shouting at mistakes” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🏷️ What is “giving credit”? (a) taking the prize (b) giving marks (c) hiding mistakes (d) saying who did the work
16. 16.True or false: “showing the progress” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: having favourites? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
18. 18.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: only pointing out flaws? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting at mistakes (b) celebrating small wins (c) comparing members (d) having favourites
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring hard work (b) giving honest credit (c) only pointing out flaws (d) comparing members
21. 21.True or false: “celebrating small wins” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) thanking each member (b) taking all the praise (c) shouting at mistakes (d) ignoring hard work
23. 23.True or false: “celebrating small wins” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.⚖️ Being fair as a leader means… (a) rules only for others (b) helping friends first (c) changing rules daily (d) same rules for all
25. 25.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: showing the progress? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
26. 26.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Only the toppers may share ideas.” (a) unfair (b) fair
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) sharing the goal (c) thanking each member (d) having favourites
28. 28.True or false: “comparing members” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: taking all the praise? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
30. 30.True or false: “We pick the team by skill trials, not by friendships.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “having favourites” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎉 Your team’s poster won a prize. What should the leader say? (a) “I made it win.” (b) “It was mostly me.” (c) “We did it together!” (d) “They only helped.”
34. 34.True or false: “comparing members” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) celebrating small wins (c) shouting at mistakes (d) sharing the goal
36. 36.True or false: “only pointing out flaws” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: ignoring hard work? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
38. 38.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: praising effort? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
39. 39.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) ignoring hard work (b) praising effort (c) shouting at mistakes (d) only pointing out flaws
40. 40.True or false: “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” is fair. (a) False (b) True

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