Leadership Skills Worksheet: Motivating a Team

Leadership lesson 12: Motivating, giving credit and being fair · Set 85 · 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: “Only the toppers may share ideas.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.😞 Your team lost the match. How can the captain motivate them? (a) say nothing at all (b) cancel practice (c) blame the weakest (d) point out what improved
3. 3.True or false: “We pick the team by skill trials, not by friendships.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) ignoring hard work (b) cheering after a loss (c) shouting at mistakes (d) taking all the praise
5. 5.True or false: “I bat first every time because I’m captain.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Only the toppers may share ideas.” (a) unfair (b) fair
7. 7.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “The same rule applies to my best friend too.” (a) unfair (b) fair
8. 8.True or false: “having favourites” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎉 Your team’s poster won a prize. What should the leader say? (a) “We did it together!” (b) “It was mostly me.” (c) “I made it win.” (d) “They only helped.”
10. 10.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) showing the progress (b) ignoring hard work (c) comparing members (d) only pointing out flaws
11. 11.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) having favourites (b) praising effort (c) taking all the praise (d) ignoring hard work
12. 12.True or false: “Only the toppers may share ideas.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.⚖️ Being fair as a leader means… (a) same rules for all (b) helping friends first (c) rules only for others (d) changing rules daily
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) thanking each member (c) celebrating small wins (d) comparing members
15. 15.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: having favourites? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
16. 16.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) giving honest credit (b) cheering after a loss (c) thanking each member (d) comparing members
17. 17.🌟 Riya stayed late to finish the charts. What is best? (a) thank only friends (b) thank her by name (c) say nothing (d) claim the charts
18. 18.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: giving honest credit? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) celebrating small wins (b) showing the progress (c) shouting at mistakes (d) cheering after a loss
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) having favourites (b) cheering after a loss (c) only pointing out flaws (d) comparing members
21. 21.True or false: “shouting at mistakes” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “shouting at mistakes” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) shouting at mistakes (b) only pointing out flaws (c) giving honest credit (d) having favourites
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking all the praise (b) only pointing out flaws (c) showing the progress (d) ignoring hard work
25. 25.True or false: “thanking each member” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: sharing the goal? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
27. 27.True or false: “ignoring hard work” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “The rule is for you, not for my friends.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: praising effort? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sharing the goal (b) having favourites (c) cheering after a loss (d) thanking each member
31. 31.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: thanking each member? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
32. 32.True or false: “showing the progress” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “praising effort” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: shouting at mistakes? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
35. 35.True or false: “ignoring hard work” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) celebrating small wins (b) sharing the goal (c) showing the progress (d) taking all the praise
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) having favourites (b) thanking each member (c) comparing members (d) ignoring hard work
38. 38.True or false: “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: ignoring hard work? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
40. 40.True or false: “only pointing out flaws” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False

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