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