Leadership Skills Worksheet: Clear Instructions

Leadership lesson 10: Listening to the team and giving clear instructions · Set 530 · 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.True or false: “Fix the board thing soon.” is a clear instruction. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.👂 Does this leader listen or not: ignoring quiet members? (a) listening (b) not listening
3. 3.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Bring things for the project.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
4. 4.True or false: “only hearing friends” shows a leader who listens. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these shows a leader who does not listen? (a) asking for every idea (b) repeating the idea back (c) noting each idea (d) laughing at ideas
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not interrupting (b) repeating the idea back (c) asking for every idea (d) cutting people off
7. 7.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Collect the forms and give them to Ma’am by lunch.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
8. 8.True or false: “repeating the idea back” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “Just get it done somehow.” is a clear instruction. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “Diya, write the names of the six players on the board.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “ignoring quiet members” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these shows a leader who listens? (a) deciding before asking (b) laughing at ideas (c) not interrupting (d) only hearing friends
13. 13.Which of these shows a leader who listens? (a) deciding before asking (b) laughing at ideas (c) noting each idea (d) cutting people off
14. 14.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Just get it done somehow.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
15. 15.True or false: “deciding before asking” shows a leader who listens. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📢 A clear instruction says… (a) who, what and when (b) only “do it” (c) everything at once (d) nothing about time
17. 17.✅ After giving instructions, what should a leader do? (a) walk away (b) repeat it angrily (c) check they understood (d) give ten more
18. 18.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Make it look nice, I guess.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
19. 19.🙋 A quiet member has not spoken in the meeting. What is best? (a) ignore her (b) invite her to share (c) speak for her (d) tell her to leave
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking the phone (b) laughing at ideas (c) letting quiet ones speak (d) cutting people off
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only hearing friends (b) repeating the idea back (c) asking for every idea (d) noting each idea
22. 22.True or false: “Each group, bring two charts on Monday.” is a vague instruction. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “not interrupting” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔢 You have five steps to explain. How should you give them? (a) only the last step (b) one step at a time (c) all in one breath (d) in any order
25. 25.True or false: “letting quiet ones speak” shows a leader who listens. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these shows a leader who listens? (a) deciding before asking (b) only hearing friends (c) ignoring quiet members (d) repeating the idea back
27. 27.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Someone sort out the chairs.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
28. 28.True or false: “Bring things for the project.” is a clear instruction. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these shows a leader who listens? (a) laughing at ideas (b) letting quiet ones speak (c) cutting people off (d) deciding before asking
30. 30.True or false: “Please put the chairs in four rows by 9:30.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Just get it done somehow.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “Do the stuff for the event.” is a clear instruction. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “only hearing friends” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.👂 Why should a leader listen to the team? (a) to find faults (b) to find better ideas (c) to look busy (d) to waste time
35. 35.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Please put the chairs in four rows by 9:30.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
36. 36.True or false: “Someone sort out the chairs.” is a vague instruction. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “Fix the board thing soon.” is a vague instruction. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.👂 Does this leader listen or not: letting quiet ones speak? (a) not listening (b) listening
39. 39.True or false: “noting each idea” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.👂 Does this leader listen or not: cutting people off? (a) listening (b) not listening

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