Leadership Skills Worksheet: Clear Instructions

Leadership lesson 10: Listening to the team and giving clear instructions · Set 170 · 40 questions

Leader's tip (Who, what, when): Listening: asking for every idea, letting quiet ones speak, noting each idea, not interrupting. Not listening: cutting people off, only hearing friends, deciding before asking. A clear instruction says who, what and when: “Kabir, take the red box to Room 12.” A vague one: “Do the stuff for the event.” Give steps one at a time, in order, then ask someone to say the task back.

1. 1.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Line up in pairs by the gate at 8:45.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
2. 2.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Someone sort out the chairs.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
3. 3.True or false: “Make it look nice, I guess.” is a vague instruction. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.👂 Does this leader listen or not: cutting people off? (a) listening (b) not listening
5. 5.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Each group, bring two charts on Monday.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
6. 6.True or false: “repeating the idea back” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “Fix the board thing soon.” is a clear instruction. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the phone (b) letting quiet ones speak (c) asking for every idea (d) thanking each speaker
9. 9.True or false: “Diya, write the names of the six players on the board.” is a clear instruction. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🙋 A quiet member has not spoken in the meeting. What is best? (a) speak for her (b) invite her to share (c) tell her to leave (d) ignore her
11. 11.🔢 You have five steps to explain. How should you give them? (a) all in one breath (b) only the last step (c) one step at a time (d) in any order
12. 12.Which of these shows a leader who listens? (a) only hearing friends (b) checking the phone (c) asking for every idea (d) ignoring quiet members
13. 13.True or false: “Just get it done somehow.” is a clear instruction. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Fix the board thing soon.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
15. 15.True or false: “Line up in pairs by the gate at 8:45.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these shows a leader who does not listen? (a) repeating the idea back (b) not interrupting (c) letting quiet ones speak (d) deciding before asking
17. 17.True or false: “laughing at ideas” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring quiet members (b) cutting people off (c) letting quiet ones speak (d) deciding before asking
19. 19.Which of these shows a leader who does not listen? (a) repeating the idea back (b) cutting people off (c) asking for every idea (d) not interrupting
20. 20.👂 Does this leader listen or not: noting each idea? (a) not listening (b) listening
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) deciding before asking (b) only hearing friends (c) repeating the idea back (d) laughing at ideas
22. 22.True or false: “thanking each speaker” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “letting quiet ones speak” shows a leader who listens. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Just get it done somehow.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
25. 25.True or false: “repeating the idea back” shows a leader who listens. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “Bring things for the project.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) deciding before asking (b) asking for every idea (c) only hearing friends (d) laughing at ideas
28. 28.Which of these shows a leader who listens? (a) only hearing friends (b) checking the phone (c) cutting people off (d) letting quiet ones speak
29. 29.True or false: “noting each idea” shows a leader who listens. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📢 A clear instruction says… (a) nothing about time (b) everything at once (c) only “do it” (d) who, what and when
31. 31.True or false: “asking for every idea” shows a leader who listens. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these shows a leader who listens? (a) laughing at ideas (b) deciding before asking (c) repeating the idea back (d) ignoring quiet members
33. 33.True or false: “noting each idea” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.👂 Does this leader listen or not: laughing at ideas? (a) listening (b) not listening
35. 35.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Do the stuff for the event.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
36. 36.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Make it look nice, I guess.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
37. 37.✅ After giving instructions, what should a leader do? (a) check they understood (b) walk away (c) repeat it angrily (d) give ten more
38. 38.👂 Does this leader listen or not: not interrupting? (a) listening (b) not listening
39. 39.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Bring things for the project.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
40. 40.👂 Does this leader listen or not: only hearing friends? (a) listening (b) not listening

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