Leadership Skills Worksheet: Clear Instructions

Leadership lesson 10: Listening to the team and giving clear instructions · Set 482 · 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.🔢 You have five steps to explain. How should you give them? (a) all in one breath (b) one step at a time (c) in any order (d) only the last step
2. 2.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Collect the forms and give them to Ma’am by lunch.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring quiet members (b) noting each idea (c) not interrupting (d) repeating the idea back
4. 4.True or false: “Do the stuff for the event.” is a clear instruction. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “Do the stuff for the event.” is a vague instruction. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.👂 Does this leader listen or not: cutting people off? (a) not listening (b) listening
7. 7.👂 Does this leader listen or not: asking for every idea? (a) not listening (b) listening
8. 8.Which of these shows a leader who listens? (a) thanking each speaker (b) only hearing friends (c) checking the phone (d) ignoring quiet members
9. 9.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Kabir, take the red box to Room 12.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
10. 10.🙋 A quiet member has not spoken in the meeting. What is best? (a) ignore her (b) tell her to leave (c) speak for her (d) invite her to share
11. 11.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Please put the chairs in four rows by 9:30.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
12. 12.📢 A clear instruction says… (a) nothing about time (b) only “do it” (c) who, what and when (d) everything at once
13. 13.True or false: “asking for every idea” shows a leader who listens. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these shows a leader who does not listen? (a) thanking each speaker (b) deciding before asking (c) letting quiet ones speak (d) asking for every idea
15. 15.True or false: “Collect the forms and give them to Ma’am by lunch.” is a vague instruction. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “cutting people off” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✅ After giving instructions, what should a leader do? (a) walk away (b) check they understood (c) repeat it angrily (d) give ten more
18. 18.👂 Does this leader listen or not: deciding before asking? (a) not listening (b) listening
19. 19.👂 Why should a leader listen to the team? (a) to find better ideas (b) to find faults (c) to look busy (d) to waste time
20. 20.True or false: “Someone sort out the chairs.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Please put the chairs in four rows by 9:30.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.👂 Does this leader listen or not: ignoring quiet members? (a) listening (b) not listening
23. 23.True or false: “Each group, bring two charts on Monday.” is a clear instruction. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.👂 Does this leader listen or not: noting each idea? (a) not listening (b) listening
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) deciding before asking (b) ignoring quiet members (c) repeating the idea back (d) cutting people off
26. 26.True or false: “Bring things for the project.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these shows a leader who listens? (a) ignoring quiet members (b) only hearing friends (c) noting each idea (d) laughing at ideas
28. 28.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Each group, bring two charts on Monday.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
29. 29.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Diya, write the names of the six players on the board.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting people off (b) only hearing friends (c) asking for every idea (d) checking the phone
31. 31.True or false: “Kabir, take the red box to Room 12.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “thanking each speaker” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Someone sort out the chairs.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
34. 34.👂 Does this leader listen or not: thanking each speaker? (a) not listening (b) listening
35. 35.True or false: “Bring things for the project.” is a clear instruction. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “cutting people off” shows a leader who listens. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “thanking each speaker” shows a leader who listens. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) letting quiet ones speak (b) repeating the idea back (c) cutting people off (d) noting each idea
39. 39.True or false: “only hearing friends” shows a leader who listens. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking each speaker (b) cutting people off (c) checking the phone (d) ignoring quiet members

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