Leadership Skills Worksheet: Motivating a Team

Leadership lesson 12: Motivating, giving credit and being fair · Set 747 · 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: “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” (a) fair (b) unfair
4. 4.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “The rule is for you, not for my friends.” (a) fair (b) unfair
5. 5.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” (a) fair (b) unfair
6. 6.True or false: “giving honest credit” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” (a) fair (b) unfair
8. 8.⚖️ Being fair as a leader means… (a) changing rules daily (b) same rules for all (c) rules only for others (d) helping friends first
9. 9.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) praising effort (b) thanking each member (c) cheering after a loss (d) comparing members
10. 10.🎉 Your team’s poster won a prize. What should the leader say? (a) “They only helped.” (b) “We did it together!” (c) “I made it win.” (d) “It was mostly me.”
11. 11.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: praising effort? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cheering after a loss (b) thanking each member (c) taking all the praise (d) sharing the goal
13. 13.True or false: “Only the toppers may share ideas.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving honest credit (b) praising effort (c) showing the progress (d) shouting at mistakes
15. 15.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “New members always carry the kit.” (a) fair (b) unfair
16. 16.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: ignoring hard work? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
17. 17.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) thanking each member (b) shouting at mistakes (c) having favourites (d) comparing members
18. 18.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: having favourites? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
19. 19.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) comparing members (b) taking all the praise (c) having favourites (d) showing the progress
20. 20.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: thanking each member? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
21. 21.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) showing the progress (b) thanking each member (c) having favourites (d) sharing the goal
22. 22.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: shouting at mistakes? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cheering after a loss (b) thanking each member (c) sharing the goal (d) having favourites
24. 24.True or false: “praising effort” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “having favourites” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: cheering after a loss? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring hard work (b) sharing the goal (c) shouting at mistakes (d) having favourites
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) showing the progress (b) taking all the praise (c) shouting at mistakes (d) ignoring hard work
29. 29.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: sharing the goal? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
30. 30.True or false: “New members always carry the kit.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) giving honest credit (c) shouting at mistakes (d) having favourites
32. 32.🌟 Riya stayed late to finish the charts. What is best? (a) thank her by name (b) thank only friends (c) claim the charts (d) say nothing
33. 33.True or false: “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) showing the progress (b) praising effort (c) only pointing out flaws (d) cheering after a loss
35. 35.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) giving honest credit (b) celebrating small wins (c) thanking each member (d) taking all the praise
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing members (b) only pointing out flaws (c) having favourites (d) thanking each member
37. 37.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: only pointing out flaws? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
38. 38.True or false: “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: giving honest credit? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring hard work (b) praising effort (c) shouting at mistakes (d) taking all the praise

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