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Leadership Skills Worksheet: Clear Instructions

Leadership lesson 10: Listening to the team and giving clear instructions · Set 861 · 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.True or false: “Each group, bring two charts on Monday.” is a clear instruction. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: “Bring things for the project.” is a clear instruction. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Fix the board thing soon.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
  4. 4.True or false: “noting each idea” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Kabir, take the red box to Room 12.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
  6. 6.🔢 You have five steps to explain. How should you give them? (a) one step at a time (b) only the last step (c) all in one breath (d) in any order
  7. 7.True or false: “Line up in pairs by the gate at 8:45.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “checking the phone” shows a leader who listens. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “checking the phone” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “Collect the forms and give them to Ma’am by lunch.” is a clear instruction. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows a leader who does not listen? (a) deciding before asking (b) thanking each speaker (c) asking for every idea (d) repeating the idea back
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) laughing at ideas (b) letting quiet ones speak (c) noting each idea (d) asking for every idea
  13. 13.True or false: “Bring things for the project.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “Do the stuff for the event.” is a vague instruction. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.👂 Does this leader listen or not: only hearing friends? (a) not listening (b) listening
  16. 16.True or false: “Someone sort out the chairs.” is a clear instruction. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the idea back (b) deciding before asking (c) thanking each speaker (d) not interrupting
  18. 18.True or false: “Just get it done somehow.” is a vague instruction. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows a leader who listens? (a) asking for every idea (b) deciding before asking (c) only hearing friends (d) checking the phone
  20. 20.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Please put the chairs in four rows by 9:30.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) deciding before asking (b) thanking each speaker (c) laughing at ideas (d) cutting people off
  22. 22.📢 A clear instruction says… (a) everything at once (b) nothing about time (c) only “do it” (d) who, what and when
  23. 23.✅ After giving instructions, what should a leader do? (a) give ten more (b) check they understood (c) repeat it angrily (d) walk away
  24. 24.True or false: “Do the stuff for the event.” is a clear instruction. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Each group, bring two charts on Monday.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
  26. 26.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Do the stuff for the event.” (a) a clear instruction (b) a vague instruction
  27. 27.📢 Clear or vague instruction? “Make it look nice, I guess.” (a) a vague instruction (b) a clear instruction
  28. 28.True or false: “Line up in pairs by the gate at 8:45.” is a clear instruction. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “only hearing friends” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “Each group, bring two charts on Monday.” is a vague instruction. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “not interrupting” shows a leader who listens. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.👂 Does this leader listen or not: letting quiet ones speak? (a) listening (b) not listening
  33. 33.👂 Does this leader listen or not: not interrupting? (a) listening (b) not listening
  34. 34.True or false: “ignoring quiet members” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring quiet members (b) noting each idea (c) asking for every idea (d) thanking each speaker
  36. 36.True or false: “laughing at ideas” shows a leader who does not listen. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “cutting people off” shows a leader who listens. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting each idea (b) repeating the idea back (c) checking the phone (d) asking for every idea
  39. 39.Which of these shows a leader who listens? (a) laughing at ideas (b) cutting people off (c) checking the phone (d) letting quiet ones speak
  40. 40.👂 Does this leader listen or not: ignoring quiet members? (a) not listening (b) listening

Answer key

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

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