Leadership Skills Worksheet: Motivating a Team

Leadership lesson 12: Motivating, giving credit and being fair · Set 402 · 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: “Only the toppers may share ideas.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring hard work (b) praising effort (c) giving honest credit (d) showing the progress
3. 3.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) shouting at mistakes (c) having favourites (d) sharing the goal
4. 4.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “The same rule applies to my best friend too.” (a) unfair (b) fair
5. 5.True or false: “shouting at mistakes” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “Only the toppers may share ideas.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: taking all the praise? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
8. 8.True or false: “ignoring hard work” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.😞 Your team lost the match. How can the captain motivate them? (a) point out what improved (b) blame the weakest (c) cancel practice (d) say nothing at all
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) having favourites (b) sharing the goal (c) ignoring hard work (d) taking all the praise
11. 11.True or false: “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “I bat first every time because I’m captain.” (a) unfair (b) fair
13. 13.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: shouting at mistakes? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
14. 14.True or false: “New members always carry the kit.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) cheering after a loss (b) shouting at mistakes (c) showing the progress (d) praising effort
16. 16.⚖️ Being fair as a leader means… (a) rules only for others (b) changing rules daily (c) helping friends first (d) same rules for all
17. 17.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: having favourites? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
18. 18.🏷️ What is “giving credit”? (a) hiding mistakes (b) giving marks (c) taking the prize (d) saying who did the work
19. 19.🎉 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.”
20. 20.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) shouting at mistakes (b) showing the progress (c) comparing members (d) only pointing out flaws
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting at mistakes (b) taking all the praise (c) comparing members (d) celebrating small wins
22. 22.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: thanking each member? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking all the praise (b) showing the progress (c) ignoring hard work (d) shouting at mistakes
24. 24.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” (a) unfair (b) fair
25. 25.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” (a) fair (b) unfair
26. 26.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: comparing members? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) showing the progress (b) taking all the praise (c) sharing the goal (d) praising effort
28. 28.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) shouting at mistakes (b) thanking each member (c) ignoring hard work (d) taking all the praise
29. 29.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “My friends get the easy jobs; the others clean.” (a) unfair (b) fair
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking each member (b) shouting at mistakes (c) taking all the praise (d) having favourites
31. 31.True or false: “The rule is for you, not for my friends.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cheering after a loss (b) comparing members (c) only pointing out flaws (d) shouting at mistakes
33. 33.True or false: “cheering after a loss” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: ignoring hard work? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
35. 35.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) taking all the praise (b) cheering after a loss (c) praising effort (d) celebrating small wins
36. 36.🌟 Riya stayed late to finish the charts. What is best? (a) claim the charts (b) thank only friends (c) say nothing (d) thank her by name
37. 37.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: giving honest credit? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
38. 38.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) taking all the praise (b) comparing members (c) shouting at mistakes (d) celebrating small wins
39. 39.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Only the toppers may share ideas.” (a) fair (b) unfair
40. 40.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: celebrating small wins? (a) demotivating (b) motivating

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