Leadership Skills Worksheet: Motivating a Team

Leadership lesson 12: Motivating, giving credit and being fair · Set 787 · 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: “New members always carry the kit.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “The same rule applies to my best friend too.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) giving honest credit (b) shouting at mistakes (c) praising effort (d) thanking each member
4. 4.True or false: “New members always carry the kit.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “having favourites” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Only the toppers may share ideas.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Only the toppers may share ideas.” (a) fair (b) unfair
8. 8.🎉 Your team’s poster won a prize. What should the leader say? (a) “I made it win.” (b) “They only helped.” (c) “It was mostly me.” (d) “We did it together!”
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking all the praise (b) thanking each member (c) shouting at mistakes (d) comparing members
10. 10.⚖️ Being fair as a leader means… (a) changing rules daily (b) helping friends first (c) rules only for others (d) same rules for all
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sharing the goal (b) showing the progress (c) having favourites (d) praising effort
12. 12.True or false: “thanking each member” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) having favourites (c) ignoring hard work (d) praising effort
15. 15.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” (a) unfair (b) fair
16. 16.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: thanking each member? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
17. 17.True or false: “comparing members” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) shouting at mistakes (b) having favourites (c) comparing members (d) thanking each member
19. 19.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: only pointing out flaws? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sharing the goal (b) cheering after a loss (c) only pointing out flaws (d) giving honest credit
21. 21.True or false: “praising effort” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) comparing members (b) ignoring hard work (c) showing the progress (d) only pointing out flaws
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking all the praise (b) comparing members (c) praising effort (d) having favourites
24. 24.True or false: “having favourites” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “We pick the team by skill trials, not by friendships.” (a) unfair (b) fair
26. 26.😞 Your team lost the match. How can the captain motivate them? (a) point out what improved (b) cancel practice (c) blame the weakest (d) say nothing at all
27. 27.True or false: “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: sharing the goal? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
29. 29.🏷️ What is “giving credit”? (a) saying who did the work (b) taking the prize (c) giving marks (d) hiding mistakes
30. 30.True or false: “taking all the praise” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) taking all the praise (b) comparing members (c) only pointing out flaws (d) sharing the goal
32. 32.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “New members always carry the kit.” (a) unfair (b) fair
33. 33.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: shouting at mistakes? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
34. 34.True or false: “My friends get the easy jobs; the others clean.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) giving honest credit (b) ignoring hard work (c) celebrating small wins (d) thanking each member
36. 36.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: ignoring hard work? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
37. 37.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) shouting at mistakes (b) taking all the praise (c) celebrating small wins (d) ignoring hard work
38. 38.True or false: “cheering after a loss” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking all the praise (b) cheering after a loss (c) sharing the goal (d) praising effort
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cheering after a loss (b) showing the progress (c) giving honest credit (d) comparing members

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