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.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Mistakes help me learn.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 2.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) promising only what fits (b) checking your diary (c) coming when you said (d) forgetting what you said
- 3.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: trying for the team? (a) low confidence (b) showing off (c) confidence
- 4.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting early (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no task list
- 5.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: hiding at the back? (a) showing off (b) confidence (c) low confidence
- 6.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) saying no if you can’t (b) returning things on time (c) saying yes to please all (d) checking your diary
- 7.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) returning borrowed books (b) doing your class duty (c) skipping your duty (d) reporting a broken bench
- 8.True or false: “giving up after a day” shows self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🆕 You are new to the football team. What shows quiet confidence? (a) wait to be noticed (b) boast about skills (c) skip practice (d) introduce yourself
- 11.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: waking up late daily? (a) self-discipline (b) no self-discipline
- 12.⚽ Your team lost the final. What should the captain say? (a) “We are the worst.” (b) “Proud of our effort.” (c) “It was the referee.” (d) “You all let me down.”
- 13.True or false: “saying yes to please all” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “We lost today, but our passing got better.” (a) a negative attitude (b) a positive attitude
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “I can’t” (b) saying “I’ll try” (c) speaking up in class (d) making eye contact
- 16.True or false: “You asked for my notes by Friday. Here they are, on Friday.” is a promise broken. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “I didn’t get the role, so I quit.” (a) a positive attitude (b) a negative attitude
- 18.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: talking over others? (a) showing off (b) low confidence (c) confidence
- 19.True or false: “blaming the weather” is a responsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: saying “not my job”? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 21.⏰ You promised to finish the team slides by Thursday, but you fall ill. What should you do? (a) blame the computer (b) tell the team early (c) send them on Monday (d) say nothing
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) coming when you said (b) agreeing to everything (c) returning things on time (d) writing promises down
- 23.True or false: “never raising a hand” shows confidence. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “It’s easy for you.” (b) “You are a genius!” (c) “You were born smart.” (d) “You worked so hard!”
- 25.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) keeping spare days (d) one huge deadline
- 26.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: making up excuses? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 27.True or false: “promising only what fits” is an unreliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 28.✂️ Your team must make 24 posters in 6 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
- 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) ignoring the timetable (c) keeping spare days (d) one huge deadline
- 30.Which of these shows self-discipline? (a) snacking instead of work (b) leaving tasks half-done (c) giving up after a day (d) practising daily
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over others (b) speaking up in class (c) asking for help (d) volunteering to lead
- 32.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 33.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) giving up quickly (b) avoiding challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) sticking to easy tasks
- 34.True or false: “coming when you said” is an unreliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which of these is giving up after a mistake? (a) asking what went wrong (b) noting the lesson (c) tearing up the work (d) trying a new method
- 36.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) arriving very late (b) ignoring team messages (c) saying yes to please all (d) saying no if you can’t
- 38.🏆 Confidence is believing in yourself. Showing off is… (a) putting others down (b) asking questions (c) trying new things (d) speaking clearly
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) starting early (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) one huge deadline
- 40.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: agreeing to everything? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
Answer key
- growth mindset
- forgetting what you said
- confidence
- no task list
- low confidence
- saying yes to please all
- skipping your duty
- False
- False
- introduce yourself
- no self-discipline
- “Proud of our effort.”
- False
- a positive attitude
- saying “I can’t”
- False
- a negative attitude
- showing off
- False
- irresponsible
- tell the team early
- agreeing to everything
- False
- “You worked so hard!”
- one huge deadline
- unreliable
- False
- 4
- keeping spare days
- practising daily
- talking over others
- a responsible reply
- trying new strategies
- False
- tearing up the work
- True
- saying no if you can’t
- putting others down
- one huge deadline
- unreliable
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