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 of these is a reliable habit? (a) agreeing to everything (b) promising then vanishing (c) telling early if delayed (d) arriving very late
- 2.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: quitting the club? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 3.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: volunteering to lead? (a) low confidence (b) showing off (c) confidence
- 4.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I promised to come at 4, but I came at 5 without telling anyone.” (a) a promise broken (b) a promise kept
- 5.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 6.✂️ Your team must make 35 bookmarks in 5 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
- 7.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) owning up to a mistake (b) saying “not my job” (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) cleaning up after art
- 8.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) avoiding challenges (c) praising effort (d) giving up quickly
- 9.Which of these shows confidence? (a) trying for the team (b) mumbling answers (c) acting like a know-all (d) boasting about marks
- 10.True or false: “trying for the team” shows confidence. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “leaving the mess behind” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: “Your idea will never work.” shows a positive attitude. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I lost the book, but books get lost all the time.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 14.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 15.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) finishing on the set day (b) making up excuses (c) checking your diary (d) saying no if you can’t
- 16.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: checking your diary? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 17.✋ The class wants you to lead three clubs, but you only have time for one. What is wise? (a) take on only one (b) agree to all three (c) say yes to please them (d) agree, then skip two
- 18.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) trying new strategies (c) ignoring feedback (d) practising hard skills
- 20.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: fixing what you broke? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 21.True or false: “We lost today, but our passing got better.” shows a negative attitude. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) forgetting the due date (c) starting on the last day (d) listing tasks first
- 23.🧹 It is your turn to clean the board, but your friends are going out to play. What do you do? (a) clean the board first (b) leave it for tomorrow (c) pretend you forgot (d) ask a friend to lie
- 24.True or false: “asking what went wrong” is giving up after a mistake. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking weaker players (b) fearing every mistake (c) acting like a know-all (d) talking over others
- 26.True or false: “practising daily” shows no self-discipline. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🎤 You are nervous before speaking at the assembly. What helps most? (a) look at the floor (b) read very fast (c) practise it aloud first (d) skip the assembly
- 28.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “You asked for my notes by Friday. Here they are, on Friday.” (a) a promise broken (b) a promise kept
- 29.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “asking for feedback” is giving up after a mistake. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: “homework before games” shows no self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 33.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “My part is late. I will finish it tonight and tell the team.” is an excuse. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) saying no if you can’t (b) arriving very late (c) agreeing to everything (d) making up excuses
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for feedback (b) saying “I’m just bad” (c) tearing up the work (d) hiding the result
- 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 38.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) asking for help early (c) praising effort (d) learning from feedback
- 39.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: not doing your part? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 40.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I said I would bring the ball, but I forgot it again.” (a) a promise broken (b) a promise kept
Answer key
- telling early if delayed
- giving up
- confidence
- a promise broken
- False
- 7
- saying “not my job”
- praising effort
- trying for the team
- True
- True
- False
- an excuse
- growth mindset
- making up excuses
- reliable
- take on only one
- False
- ignoring feedback
- responsible
- False
- listing tasks first
- clean the board first
- False
- fearing every mistake
- False
- practise it aloud first
- a promise kept
- False
- False
- False
- growth mindset
- True
- False
- saying no if you can’t
- asking for feedback
- good planning
- ignoring feedback
- unreliable
- a promise broken
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