Leadership Skills Worksheet: Part 1 Test
Leader's tip (Lead yourself first): Find the skill in the question: responsibility, promises, self-discipline, time, confidence, mistakes or mindset. Use that lesson’s tip — own it and fix it, promise less and deliver, homework first, steps with dates, confident not cocky, what can we learn, not yet. For day sums, add the days the steps need and take them away from the days you have.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) guessing how long (c) listing tasks first (d) forgetting the due date
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) enjoying challenges (d) giving up quickly
- 3.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: doing your class duty? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 4.🎯 A good trick to start a boring task is to… (a) ask a friend to do it (b) start with 10 minutes (c) do it at midnight (d) wait for the mood
- 5.💬 Which self-talk builds confidence? (a) “I always fail.” (b) “Others are better.” (c) “I am useless.” (d) “I can try this.”
- 6.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) praising effort (c) asking for help early (d) trying new strategies
- 7.🧹 It is your turn to clean the board, but your friends are going out to play. What do you do? (a) ask a friend to lie (b) pretend you forgot (c) clean the board first (d) leave it for tomorrow
- 8.True or false: “I didn’t do my part because nobody told me again.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🧪 Your team’s science model fell apart at the fair. A positive leader says… (a) “What can we learn?” (b) “This team is useless.” (c) “Let’s never try again.” (d) “I knew it would fail.”
- 10.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I said I would set up the chairs at 8. I came at 7:55.” (a) a promise broken (b) a promise kept
- 11.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 12.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) listing tasks first (c) breaking work into steps (d) one huge deadline
- 15.Which of these is giving up after a mistake? (a) asking for feedback (b) asking what went wrong (c) quitting the club (d) trying a new method
- 16.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I promised to help paint the banner, then went home.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 17.🧍 How does a confident person usually stand? (a) hiding behind others (b) straight, head up (c) slouched, eyes down (d) arms over the face
- 18.True or false: “This is hard, but I’ll break it into steps.” shows a negative attitude. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up quickly (b) envying others (c) asking for help early (d) sticking to easy tasks
- 21.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 22.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 23.🏸 You want to get better at badminton. What shows self-discipline? (a) wait for a coach (b) play once a month (c) practise a little daily (d) only watch others
- 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 25.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: doing your fair share? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 26.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: arriving very late? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fearing every mistake (b) saying “I can’t” (c) acting like a know-all (d) hiding at the back
- 28.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: noting the lesson? (a) giving up (b) learning from it
- 29.Which of these is showing off? (a) saying “I can’t” (b) bragging after a win (c) mumbling answers (d) standing up straight
- 30.True or false: “I didn’t get the role, so I quit.” shows a positive attitude. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: “I’ll skip practice today; it’s a bit cold.” shows giving in. (a) True (b) False
- 32.📱 You sit down to study but your phone keeps buzzing. What helps most? (a) turn the volume up (b) reply to each message (c) keep it in another room (d) study with it in hand
- 33.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: making up excuses? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 34.True or false: “I said I would bring the ball, but I forgot it again.” is a promise broken. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “Just one more game… and one more.” shows giving in. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Let me try a different way.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 37.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 38.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) study for the test (c) play first (d) neither
- 39.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) smart is born (c) talent is fixed (d) skills grow with effort
- 40.True or false: “Just one more game… and one more.” shows self-control. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- listing tasks first
- enjoying challenges
- responsible
- start with 10 minutes
- “I can try this.”
- hiding your mistakes
- clean the board first
- False
- “What can we learn?”
- a promise kept
- growth mindset
- True
- good planning
- one huge deadline
- quitting the club
- a promise broken
- straight, head up
- False
- True
- asking for help early
- growth mindset
- growth habit
- practise a little daily
- poor planning
- responsible
- unreliable
- acting like a know-all
- learning from it
- bragging after a win
- False
- True
- keep it in another room
- unreliable
- True
- True
- growth mindset
- growth mindset
- study for the test
- skills grow with effort
- False
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