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