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