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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sharing the goal (b) showing the progress (c) giving honest credit (d) having favourites
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking each member (b) cheering after a loss (c) praising effort (d) only pointing out flaws
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) showing the progress (b) shouting at mistakes (c) thanking each member (d) giving honest credit
- 4.🌟 Riya stayed late to finish the charts. What is best? (a) claim the charts (b) say nothing (c) thank only friends (d) thank her by name
- 5.True or false: “cheering after a loss” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
- 6.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” (a) unfair (b) fair
- 7.😞 Your team lost the match. How can the captain motivate them? (a) say nothing at all (b) blame the weakest (c) cancel practice (d) point out what improved
- 8.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: showing the progress? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) having favourites (b) shouting at mistakes (c) praising effort (d) ignoring hard work
- 10.True or false: “ignoring hard work” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: praising effort? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
- 12.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: comparing members? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
- 13.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) celebrating small wins (b) sharing the goal (c) taking all the praise (d) showing the progress
- 14.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) ignoring hard work (b) shouting at mistakes (c) comparing members (d) cheering after a loss
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) taking all the praise (c) showing the progress (d) having favourites
- 16.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: cheering after a loss? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
- 17.True or false: “taking all the praise” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: “Only the toppers may share ideas.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: shouting at mistakes? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
- 20.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: ignoring hard work? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) ignoring hard work (c) cheering after a loss (d) giving honest credit
- 22.True or false: “only pointing out flaws” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: taking all the praise? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
- 24.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “The rule is for you, not for my friends.” (a) fair (b) unfair
- 25.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) praising effort (b) shouting at mistakes (c) taking all the praise (d) comparing members
- 26.🏷️ What is “giving credit”? (a) hiding mistakes (b) saying who did the work (c) taking the prize (d) giving marks
- 27.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: having favourites? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
- 28.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “The same rule applies to my best friend too.” (a) fair (b) unfair
- 29.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) comparing members (b) ignoring hard work (c) celebrating small wins (d) having favourites
- 30.🎉 Your team’s poster won a prize. What should the leader say? (a) “They only helped.” (b) “It was mostly me.” (c) “I made it win.” (d) “We did it together!”
- 31.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) praising effort (b) ignoring hard work (c) cheering after a loss (d) sharing the goal
- 32.True or false: “My friends get the easy jobs; the others clean.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “praising effort” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “sharing the goal” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) having favourites (b) thanking each member (c) ignoring hard work (d) only pointing out flaws
- 36.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) sharing the goal (b) only pointing out flaws (c) shouting at mistakes (d) taking all the praise
- 37.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: celebrating small wins? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
- 38.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: sharing the goal? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) celebrating small wins (b) only pointing out flaws (c) having favourites (d) taking all the praise
- 40.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) having favourites (b) praising effort (c) showing the progress (d) giving honest credit
Answer key
- having favourites
- only pointing out flaws
- shouting at mistakes
- thank her by name
- False
- fair
- point out what improved
- motivating
- praising effort
- False
- motivating
- demotivating
- taking all the praise
- cheering after a loss
- showing the progress
- motivating
- True
- True
- demotivating
- demotivating
- ignoring hard work
- False
- demotivating
- unfair
- praising effort
- saying who did the work
- demotivating
- fair
- celebrating small wins
- “We did it together!”
- ignoring hard work
- True
- True
- False
- thanking each member
- sharing the goal
- motivating
- motivating
- celebrating small wins
- having favourites
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