Leadership Skills Worksheet: Motivating a Team

Leadership lesson 12: Motivating, giving credit and being fair · Set 833 · 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 unfair. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: celebrating small wins? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) having favourites (b) ignoring hard work (c) sharing the goal (d) comparing members
4. 4.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) showing the progress (b) taking all the praise (c) having favourites (d) only pointing out flaws
5. 5.True or false: “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) thanking each member (b) comparing members (c) showing the progress (d) celebrating small wins
7. 7.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) having favourites (b) comparing members (c) cheering after a loss (d) ignoring hard work
8. 8.🏷️ What is “giving credit”? (a) saying who did the work (b) taking the prize (c) giving marks (d) hiding mistakes
9. 9.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “We pick the team by skill trials, not by friendships.” (a) unfair (b) fair
10. 10.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) thanking each member (c) shouting at mistakes (d) having favourites
11. 11.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) comparing members (b) only pointing out flaws (c) giving honest credit (d) ignoring hard work
12. 12.True or false: “ignoring hard work” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: shouting at mistakes? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
14. 14.True or false: “We pick the team by skill trials, not by friendships.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) celebrating small wins (b) sharing the goal (c) giving honest credit (d) ignoring hard work
16. 16.True or false: “having favourites” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing members (b) only pointing out flaws (c) having favourites (d) celebrating small wins
18. 18.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) giving honest credit (b) shouting at mistakes (c) celebrating small wins (d) praising effort
19. 19.😞 Your team lost the match. How can the captain motivate them? (a) point out what improved (b) blame the weakest (c) say nothing at all (d) cancel practice
20. 20.⚖️ Being fair as a leader means… (a) same rules for all (b) rules only for others (c) changing rules daily (d) helping friends first
21. 21.True or false: “cheering after a loss” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) celebrating small wins (b) giving honest credit (c) taking all the praise (d) cheering after a loss
23. 23.True or false: “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) shouting at mistakes (b) ignoring hard work (c) celebrating small wins (d) taking all the praise
25. 25.True or false: “celebrating small wins” 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.True or false: “only pointing out flaws” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: praising effort? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
29. 29.True or false: “My friends get the easy jobs; the others clean.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: taking all the praise? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
31. 31.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: only pointing out flaws? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
32. 32.🌟 Riya stayed late to finish the charts. What is best? (a) say nothing (b) thank only friends (c) claim the charts (d) thank her by name
33. 33.🎉 Your team’s poster won a prize. What should the leader say? (a) “I made it win.” (b) “It was mostly me.” (c) “They only helped.” (d) “We did it together!”
34. 34.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: thanking each member? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
35. 35.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) sharing the goal (b) having favourites (c) only pointing out flaws (d) comparing members
36. 36.True or false: “thanking each member” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” (a) fair (b) unfair
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) thanking each member (c) celebrating small wins (d) having favourites
39. 39.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) shouting at mistakes (b) ignoring hard work (c) taking all the praise (d) praising effort
40. 40.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “The rule is for you, not for my friends.” (a) fair (b) unfair

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