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.True or false: “New members always carry the kit.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking all the praise (b) comparing members (c) showing the progress (d) only pointing out flaws
- 3.True or false: “giving honest credit” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
- 4.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) celebrating small wins (b) only pointing out flaws (c) comparing members (d) having favourites
- 5.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) showing the progress (b) praising effort (c) celebrating small wins (d) only pointing out flaws
- 6.True or false: “The rule is for you, not for my friends.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: “ignoring hard work” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: “The same rule applies to my best friend too.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: “ignoring hard work” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking all the praise (b) ignoring hard work (c) comparing members (d) giving honest credit
- 11.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” (a) fair (b) unfair
- 12.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “The same rule applies to my best friend too.” (a) fair (b) unfair
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) having favourites (b) giving honest credit (c) showing the progress (d) thanking each member
- 14.⚖️ Being fair as a leader means… (a) helping friends first (b) same rules for all (c) changing rules daily (d) rules only for others
- 15.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: showing the progress? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
- 16.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “The rule is for you, not for my friends.” (a) unfair (b) fair
- 17.😞 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
- 18.True or false: “celebrating small wins” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: sharing the goal? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
- 20.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) ignoring hard work (b) only pointing out flaws (c) having favourites (d) sharing the goal
- 21.True or false: “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking all the praise (b) shouting at mistakes (c) comparing members (d) cheering after a loss
- 23.🏷️ What is “giving credit”? (a) taking the prize (b) giving marks (c) saying who did the work (d) hiding mistakes
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) showing the progress (c) only pointing out flaws (d) cheering after a loss
- 25.True or false: “taking all the praise” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: “New members always carry the kit.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: “We pick the team by skill trials, not by friendships.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: shouting at mistakes? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring hard work (b) only pointing out flaws (c) having favourites (d) sharing the goal
- 30.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: taking all the praise? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
- 31.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: having favourites? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
- 32.True or false: “I bat first every time because I’m captain.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
- 33.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “I bat first every time because I’m captain.” (a) fair (b) unfair
- 34.True or false: “The same rule applies to my best friend too.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) taking all the praise (b) only pointing out flaws (c) thanking each member (d) ignoring hard work
- 37.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “We pick the team by skill trials, not by friendships.” (a) unfair (b) fair
- 38.True or false: “The rule is for you, not for my friends.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “sharing the goal” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
- 40.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “My friends get the easy jobs; the others clean.” (a) fair (b) unfair
Answer key
- False
- showing the progress
- True
- celebrating small wins
- only pointing out flaws
- True
- False
- False
- True
- giving honest credit
- fair
- fair
- having favourites
- same rules for all
- motivating
- unfair
- point out what improved
- False
- motivating
- sharing the goal
- True
- cheering after a loss
- saying who did the work
- only pointing out flaws
- True
- True
- True
- demotivating
- sharing the goal
- demotivating
- demotivating
- False
- unfair
- True
- True
- thanking each member
- fair
- False
- False
- unfair
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