Leadership Skills Worksheet: Motivating a Team

Leadership lesson 12: Motivating, giving credit and being fair · Set 835 · 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: “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “The same rule applies to my best friend too.” (a) unfair (b) fair
3. 3.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) ignoring hard work (b) taking all the praise (c) shouting at mistakes (d) showing the progress
4. 4.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) taking all the praise (b) showing the progress (c) sharing the goal (d) praising effort
5. 5.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: celebrating small wins? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cheering after a loss (b) having favourites (c) ignoring hard work (d) shouting at mistakes
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring hard work (b) sharing the goal (c) comparing members (d) shouting at mistakes
8. 8.🌟 Riya stayed late to finish the charts. What is best? (a) thank only friends (b) say nothing (c) claim the charts (d) thank her by name
9. 9.True or false: “cheering after a loss” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “giving honest credit” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Only the toppers may share ideas.” (a) fair (b) unfair
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) only pointing out flaws (c) thanking each member (d) cheering after a loss
13. 13.🏷️ What is “giving credit”? (a) taking the prize (b) giving marks (c) hiding mistakes (d) saying who did the work
14. 14.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: thanking each member? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
15. 15.True or false: “comparing members” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “My friends get the easy jobs; the others clean.” (a) unfair (b) fair
17. 17.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) taking all the praise (b) comparing members (c) shouting at mistakes (d) sharing the goal
18. 18.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: only pointing out flaws? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing members (b) shouting at mistakes (c) celebrating small wins (d) ignoring hard work
20. 20.True or false: “showing the progress” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “shouting at mistakes” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.😞 Your team lost the match. How can the captain motivate them? (a) cancel practice (b) point out what improved (c) say nothing at all (d) blame the weakest
23. 23.⚖️ Being fair as a leader means… (a) rules only for others (b) helping friends first (c) same rules for all (d) changing rules daily
24. 24.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) shouting at mistakes (b) giving honest credit (c) only pointing out flaws (d) ignoring hard work
25. 25.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” (a) fair (b) unfair
26. 26.True or false: “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎉 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.”
28. 28.True or false: “We pick the team by skill trials, not by friendships.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: showing the progress? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
30. 30.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: sharing the goal? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
31. 31.True or false: “My friends get the easy jobs; the others clean.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) showing the progress (b) celebrating small wins (c) thanking each member (d) shouting at mistakes
33. 33.True or false: “Only the toppers may share ideas.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “I bat first every time because I’m captain.” (a) fair (b) unfair
35. 35.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: having favourites? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) sharing the goal (c) celebrating small wins (d) ignoring hard work
37. 37.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) shouting at mistakes (b) celebrating small wins (c) taking all the praise (d) only pointing out flaws
38. 38.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “We pick the team by skill trials, not by friendships.” (a) unfair (b) fair
39. 39.True or false: “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “Only the toppers may share ideas.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True

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