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