Leadership Skills Worksheet: Clear Instructions

Leadership lesson 10: Listening to the team and giving clear instructions · Set 310 · 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.👂 Does this leader listen or not: cutting people off? (a) listening (b) not listening
2. 2.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Kabir, take the red box to Room 12.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
3. 3.👂 Why should a leader listen to the team? (a) to waste time (b) to find faults (c) to find better ideas (d) to look busy
4. 4.True or false: “Do the stuff for the event.” is a clear instruction. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the idea back (b) ignoring quiet members (c) only hearing friends (d) checking the phone
6. 6.True or false: “cutting people off” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🙋 A quiet member has not spoken in the meeting. What is best? (a) invite her to share (b) tell her to leave (c) speak for her (d) ignore her
8. 8.True or false: “Collect the forms and give them to Ma’am by lunch.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these shows a leader who does not listen? (a) not interrupting (b) ignoring quiet members (c) repeating the idea back (d) letting quiet ones speak
10. 10.True or false: “only hearing friends” shows a leader who listens. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting each idea (b) letting quiet ones speak (c) laughing at ideas (d) repeating the idea back
12. 12.True or false: “laughing at ideas” shows a leader who listens. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📢 A clear instruction says… (a) who, what and when (b) nothing about time (c) everything at once (d) only “do it”
14. 14.True or false: “Someone sort out the chairs.” is a clear instruction. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “Someone sort out the chairs.” is a vague instruction. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “letting quiet ones speak” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Just get it done somehow.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
18. 18.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Make it look nice, I guess.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
19. 19.👂 Does this leader listen or not: laughing at ideas? (a) listening (b) not listening
20. 20.👂 Does this leader listen or not: only hearing friends? (a) listening (b) not listening
21. 21.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Each group, bring two charts on Monday.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the idea back (b) checking the phone (c) noting each idea (d) letting quiet ones speak
23. 23.True or false: “noting each idea” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Line up in pairs by the gate at 8:45.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) deciding before asking (b) cutting people off (c) only hearing friends (d) letting quiet ones speak
26. 26.✅ After giving instructions, what should a leader do? (a) check they understood (b) give ten more (c) repeat it angrily (d) walk away
27. 27.🔢 You have five steps to explain. How should you give them? (a) in any order (b) all in one breath (c) one step at a time (d) only the last step
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laughing at ideas (b) cutting people off (c) not interrupting (d) checking the phone
29. 29.👂 Does this leader listen or not: noting each idea? (a) listening (b) not listening
30. 30.Which of these shows a leader who listens? (a) deciding before asking (b) ignoring quiet members (c) laughing at ideas (d) asking for every idea
31. 31.True or false: “Kabir, take the red box to Room 12.” is a vague instruction. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these shows a leader who listens? (a) cutting people off (b) only hearing friends (c) thanking each speaker (d) deciding before asking
33. 33.True or false: “Fix the board thing soon.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.👂 Does this leader listen or not: letting quiet ones speak? (a) not listening (b) listening
35. 35.True or false: “repeating the idea back” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “Each group, bring two charts on Monday.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “thanking each speaker” shows a leader who listens. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “not interrupting” shows a leader who listens. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these shows a leader who does not listen? (a) only hearing friends (b) asking for every idea (c) noting each idea (d) not interrupting
40. 40.👂 Does this leader listen or not: asking for every idea? (a) not listening (b) listening

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