Leadership Skills Worksheet: Growth Mindset

Leadership lesson 7: Growth mindset · Set 17 · 40 questions

Leader's tip (Not yet — but learning): Growth mindset: “Mistakes help me learn.”, “If I practise, I will get better.”, “Let me try a different way.” Fixed mindset: “I’ll never be good at drawing.”, “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.”, “She is just born talented.” Turn fixed into growth by adding “yet”, praising effort (“You worked so hard!”) and changing the plan, not giving up.

1. 1.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) asking for help early (c) trying new strategies (d) ignoring feedback
3. 3.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
4. 4.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) hiding your mistakes (d) avoiding challenges
5. 5.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) never (b) again (c) ever (d) yet
6. 6.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
7. 7.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) smart is born (c) skills grow with effort (d) talent is fixed
8. 8.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
9. 9.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) praising effort (c) giving up quickly (d) asking for help early
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) enjoying challenges (c) avoiding challenges (d) asking for help early
11. 11.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) praising effort (c) trying new strategies (d) giving up quickly
14. 14.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) enjoying challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) envying others
16. 16.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising hard skills (b) learning from feedback (c) hiding your mistakes (d) praising effort
18. 18.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) avoiding challenges (c) learning from feedback (d) praising effort
21. 21.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) ignoring feedback (c) praising effort (d) hiding your mistakes
23. 23.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “It’s easy for you.” (b) “You worked so hard!” (c) “You are a genius!” (d) “You were born smart.”
24. 24.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
25. 25.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
26. 26.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “asking for help early” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) envying others (c) practising hard skills (d) hiding your mistakes
29. 29.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) asking for help early (c) ignoring feedback (d) giving up quickly
30. 30.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
32. 32.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) envying others (c) learning from feedback (d) praising effort
33. 33.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
35. 35.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
37. 37.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) ignoring feedback (c) giving up quickly (d) trying new strategies
38. 38.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
39. 39.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit

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