Leadership Skills Worksheet: Clear Instructions

Leadership lesson 10: Listening to the team and giving clear instructions · Set 205 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting quiet ones speak (b) not interrupting (c) deciding before asking (d) noting each idea
2. 2.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Line up in pairs by the gate at 8:45.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
3. 3.True or false: “Just get it done somehow.” is a vague instruction. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Please put the chairs in four rows by 9:30.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
5. 5.Which of these shows a leader who does not listen? (a) not interrupting (b) asking for every idea (c) repeating the idea back (d) ignoring quiet members
6. 6.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Bring things for the project.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
7. 7.True or false: “Line up in pairs by the gate at 8:45.” is a clear instruction. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🙋 A quiet member has not spoken in the meeting. What is best? (a) speak for her (b) tell her to leave (c) ignore her (d) invite her to share
9. 9.🔢 You have five steps to explain. How should you give them? (a) all in one breath (b) in any order (c) one step at a time (d) only the last step
10. 10.👂 Does this leader listen or not: checking the phone? (a) not listening (b) listening
11. 11.👂 Does this leader listen or not: letting quiet ones speak? (a) listening (b) not listening
12. 12.👂 Why should a leader listen to the team? (a) to find better ideas (b) to waste time (c) to look busy (d) to find faults
13. 13.👂 Does this leader listen or not: repeating the idea back? (a) not listening (b) listening
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laughing at ideas (b) checking the phone (c) asking for every idea (d) only hearing friends
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only hearing friends (b) repeating the idea back (c) asking for every idea (d) letting quiet ones speak
16. 16.True or false: “Line up in pairs by the gate at 8:45.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✅ After giving instructions, what should a leader do? (a) check they understood (b) repeat it angrily (c) walk away (d) give ten more
18. 18.True or false: “deciding before asking” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Diya, write the names of the six players on the board.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for every idea (b) not interrupting (c) checking the phone (d) letting quiet ones speak
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting quiet ones speak (b) repeating the idea back (c) thanking each speaker (d) ignoring quiet members
22. 22.True or false: “noting each idea” shows a leader who listens. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Kabir, take the red box to Room 12.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
24. 24.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Make it look nice, I guess.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
25. 25.True or false: “Do the stuff for the event.” is a clear instruction. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📢 A clear instruction says… (a) everything at once (b) only “do it” (c) who, what and when (d) nothing about time
27. 27.True or false: “Someone sort out the chairs.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting each idea (b) letting quiet ones speak (c) cutting people off (d) thanking each speaker
29. 29.True or false: “Make it look nice, I guess.” is a clear instruction. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these shows a leader who listens? (a) checking the phone (b) cutting people off (c) letting quiet ones speak (d) deciding before asking
31. 31.True or false: “Fix the board thing soon.” is a vague instruction. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laughing at ideas (b) noting each idea (c) asking for every idea (d) letting quiet ones speak
33. 33.True or false: “Fix the board thing soon.” is a clear instruction. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these shows a leader who does not listen? (a) thanking each speaker (b) letting quiet ones speak (c) laughing at ideas (d) asking for every idea
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring quiet members (b) cutting people off (c) checking the phone (d) noting each idea
36. 36.👂 Does this leader listen or not: noting each idea? (a) listening (b) not listening
37. 37.True or false: “ignoring quiet members” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “cutting people off” shows a leader who listens. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these shows a leader who listens? (a) cutting people off (b) deciding before asking (c) checking the phone (d) asking for every idea
40. 40.True or false: “Bring things for the project.” is a vague instruction. (a) True (b) False

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