Leadership Skills Worksheet: Motivating a Team

Leadership lesson 12: Motivating, giving credit and being fair · Set 636 · 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 fair. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) having favourites (b) comparing members (c) celebrating small wins (d) ignoring hard work
3. 3.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “The rule is for you, not for my friends.” (a) fair (b) unfair
4. 4.True or false: “Only the toppers may share ideas.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” (a) fair (b) unfair
6. 6.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) cheering after a loss (b) taking all the praise (c) thanking each member (d) showing the progress
7. 7.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: celebrating small wins? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
8. 8.🏷️ What is “giving credit”? (a) giving marks (b) taking the prize (c) hiding mistakes (d) saying who did the work
9. 9.🎉 Your team’s poster won a prize. What should the leader say? (a) “We did it together!” (b) “They only helped.” (c) “It was mostly me.” (d) “I made it win.”
10. 10.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: sharing the goal? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
11. 11.True or false: “comparing members” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) cheering after a loss (b) comparing members (c) ignoring hard work (d) shouting at mistakes
13. 13.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: only pointing out flaws? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
14. 14.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: taking all the praise? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) cheering after a loss (c) giving honest credit (d) taking all the praise
16. 16.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” (a) fair (b) unfair
17. 17.True or false: “praising effort” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) ignoring hard work (b) only pointing out flaws (c) giving honest credit (d) shouting at mistakes
19. 19.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) celebrating small wins (b) giving honest credit (c) having favourites (d) praising effort
20. 20.True or false: “celebrating small wins” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: praising effort? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
22. 22.True or false: “celebrating small wins” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.⚖️ Being fair as a leader means… (a) changing rules daily (b) helping friends first (c) rules only for others (d) same rules for all
24. 24.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” (a) unfair (b) fair
25. 25.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: giving honest credit? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
26. 26.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) celebrating small wins (b) ignoring hard work (c) only pointing out flaws (d) taking all the praise
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking all the praise (b) having favourites (c) shouting at mistakes (d) sharing the goal
28. 28.True or false: “giving honest credit” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: ignoring hard work? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
30. 30.True or false: “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: thanking each member? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting at mistakes (b) celebrating small wins (c) praising effort (d) thanking each member
33. 33.True or false: “showing the progress” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) ignoring hard work (c) comparing members (d) thanking each member
35. 35.True or false: “My friends get the easy jobs; the others clean.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) showing the progress (b) giving honest credit (c) cheering after a loss (d) only pointing out flaws
37. 37.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) sharing the goal (b) giving honest credit (c) celebrating small wins (d) shouting at mistakes
38. 38.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) comparing members (c) sharing the goal (d) taking all the praise
39. 39.True or false: “The same rule applies to my best friend too.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.😞 Your team lost the match. How can the captain motivate them? (a) cancel practice (b) blame the weakest (c) point out what improved (d) say nothing at all

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