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Leadership Skills Worksheet: Clear Instructions

Leadership lesson 10: Listening to the team and giving clear instructions · Set 777 · 40 questions
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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.

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

Answer key

  1. noting each idea
  2. a clear instruction
  3. check they understood
  4. True
  5. a vague instruction
  6. True
  7. True
  8. True
  9. to find better ideas
  10. True
  11. listening
  12. checking the phone
  13. not interrupting
  14. listening
  15. a clear instruction
  16. laughing at ideas
  17. True
  18. False
  19. False
  20. True
  21. who, what and when
  22. False
  23. True
  24. not listening
  25. a vague instruction
  26. True
  27. invite her to share
  28. noting each idea
  29. True
  30. True
  31. False
  32. one step at a time
  33. repeating the idea back
  34. True
  35. not listening
  36. False
  37. True
  38. thanking each speaker
  39. asking for every idea
  40. listening

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