Leadership Skills Worksheet: Motivating a Team

Leadership lesson 12: Motivating, giving credit and being fair · Set 945 · 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.😞 Your team lost the match. How can the captain motivate them? (a) say nothing at all (b) point out what improved (c) cancel practice (d) blame the weakest
2. 2.True or false: “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” (a) unfair (b) fair
4. 4.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) praising effort (b) cheering after a loss (c) thanking each member (d) comparing members
5. 5.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: comparing members? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
6. 6.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: sharing the goal? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
7. 7.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) only pointing out flaws (b) thanking each member (c) sharing the goal (d) praising effort
8. 8.True or false: “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “Only the toppers may share ideas.” (a) fair (b) unfair
10. 10.True or false: “New members always carry the kit.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “Everyone gets one turn to bat before anyone bats twice.” is unfair. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.⚖️ Being fair as a leader means… (a) rules only for others (b) changing rules daily (c) same rules for all (d) helping friends first
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring hard work (b) having favourites (c) shouting at mistakes (d) praising effort
14. 14.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: only pointing out flaws? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
15. 15.True or false: “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “celebrating small wins” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) sharing the goal (b) only pointing out flaws (c) ignoring hard work (d) comparing members
18. 18.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) cheering after a loss (b) thanking each member (c) celebrating small wins (d) ignoring hard work
19. 19.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: praising effort? (a) demotivating (b) motivating
20. 20.True or false: “The rule is for you, not for my friends.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎉 Your team’s poster won a prize. What should the leader say? (a) “They only helped.” (b) “I made it win.” (c) “It was mostly me.” (d) “We did it together!”
22. 22.True or false: “praising effort” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.⚖️ Fair or unfair? “New members always carry the kit.” (a) unfair (b) fair
24. 24.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: taking all the praise? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
25. 25.True or false: “giving honest credit” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “only pointing out flaws” is a way to motivate the team. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “shouting at mistakes” is a way to motivate the team. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) taking all the praise (b) only pointing out flaws (c) comparing members (d) sharing the goal
29. 29.🏷️ What is “giving credit”? (a) giving marks (b) hiding mistakes (c) saying who did the work (d) taking the prize
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) showing the progress (b) sharing the goal (c) only pointing out flaws (d) cheering after a loss
31. 31.True or false: “praising effort” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Jobs rotate each week so nobody always cleans.” is fair. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “The same rule applies to my best friend too.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sharing the goal (b) taking all the praise (c) cheering after a loss (d) showing the progress
35. 35.True or false: “Each idea gets the same two minutes.” is fair. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “The rule is for you, not for my friends.” is unfair. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a way to motivate the team? (a) shouting at mistakes (b) comparing members (c) having favourites (d) giving honest credit
38. 38.🔥 Motivating or demotivating: shouting at mistakes? (a) motivating (b) demotivating
39. 39.Which of these is a way to demotivate the team? (a) celebrating small wins (b) thanking each member (c) having favourites (d) sharing the goal
40. 40.True or false: “thanking each member” is a way to demotivate the team. (a) True (b) False

Free leadership lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/leadership-skills-for-students