Leadership Skills Worksheet: Motivating a Team

Leadership lesson 12: Motivating, giving credit and being fair · Set 503 · 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: “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “My friends get the easy jobs; the others clean.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “The same rule applies to my best friend too.” (a) unfair (b) fair
4. 4.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) comparing members (b) praising effort (c) only pointing out flaws (d) taking all the praise
5. 5.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) giving honest credit (b) taking all the praise (c) comparing members (d) ignoring hard work
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking each member (b) praising effort (c) sharing the goal (d) shouting at mistakes
7. 7.😞 Your team lost the match. How can the captain motivate them? (a) cancel practice (b) say nothing at all (c) point out what improved (d) blame the weakest
8. 8.🏷️ What is “giving credit”? (a) giving marks (b) saying who did the work (c) taking the prize (d) hiding mistakes
9. 9.True or false: “taking all the praise” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) comparing members (b) thanking each member (c) only pointing out flaws (d) taking all the praise
11. 11.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) giving honest credit (b) only pointing out flaws (c) sharing the goal (d) thanking each member
12. 12.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “My friends get the easy jobs; the others clean.” (a) unfair (b) fair
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving honest credit (b) showing the progress (c) only pointing out flaws (d) sharing the goal
14. 14.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) comparing members (b) taking all the praise (c) shouting at mistakes (d) showing the progress
15. 15.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: celebrating small wins? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
16. 16.🌟 Riya stayed late to finish the charts. What is best? (a) thank her by name (b) claim the charts (c) thank only friends (d) say nothing
17. 17.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) ignoring hard work (b) only pointing out flaws (c) comparing members (d) cheering after a loss
18. 18.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: cheering after a loss? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking each member (b) showing the progress (c) celebrating small wins (d) comparing members
20. 20.⚖️ Being fair as a leader means… (a) same rules for all (b) helping friends first (c) changing rules daily (d) rules only for others
21. 21.True or false: “The rule is for you, not for my friends.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) cheering after a loss (b) thanking each member (c) giving honest credit (d) shouting at mistakes
23. 23.True or false: “comparing members” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “The rule is for you, not for my friends.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking all the praise (b) ignoring hard work (c) thanking each member (d) shouting at mistakes
26. 26.True or false: “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “sharing the goal” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “celebrating small wins” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) giving honest credit (b) ignoring hard work (c) praising effort (d) sharing the goal
30. 30.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: shouting at mistakes? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
31. 31.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “We pick the team by skill trials, not by friendships.” (a) unfair (b) fair
32. 32.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) shouting at mistakes (c) ignoring hard work (d) sharing the goal
33. 33.True or false: “cheering after a loss” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) having favourites (c) celebrating small wins (d) shouting at mistakes
35. 35.True or false: “praising effort” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) showing the progress (b) taking all the praise (c) cheering after a loss (d) celebrating small wins
37. 37.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: giving honest credit? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
38. 38.True or false: “sharing the goal” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” (a) fair (b) unfair
40. 40.True or false: “I bat first every time because I’m captain.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False

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