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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 2.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: finishing what you start? (a) no self-discipline (b) self-discipline
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) breaking work into steps (c) doing only easy bits (d) checking progress weekly
- 4.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) a holiday (c) a late fine (d) the final due date
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising the weak part (b) asking what went wrong (c) noting the lesson (d) never trying again
- 6.Which of these shows confidence? (a) never raising a hand (b) speaking up in class (c) bragging after a win (d) talking over others
- 7.True or false: “making eye contact” shows low confidence. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 9.True or false: “I’ll save half my pocket money for the cricket bat.” shows giving in. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) trying new strategies (c) learning from feedback (d) sticking to easy tasks
- 11.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) returning things on time (b) saying no if you can’t (c) writing promises down (d) ignoring team messages
- 12.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: finishing on the set day? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) guessing how long (c) no spare time (d) doing only easy bits
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up after a day (b) skipping practice (c) waking up late daily (d) sleeping on time
- 15.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) avoiding challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) learning from feedback
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not doing your part (b) making up excuses (c) returning things on time (d) ignoring team messages
- 17.True or false: “reporting a broken bench” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: “practising the weak part” is giving up after a mistake. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “noting the lesson” is learning from a mistake. (a) False (b) True
- 20.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: standing up straight? (a) showing off (b) low confidence (c) confidence
- 21.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “She is just lucky.” (b) “I can learn from her.” (c) “Drawing is silly.” (d) “I’ll never draw well.”
- 22.True or false: “saying no if you can’t” is an unreliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🆕 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
- 24.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: doing your fair share? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 25.Which of these shows confidence? (a) volunteering to lead (b) saying “I can’t” (c) mumbling answers (d) hiding at the back
- 26.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) hiding your mistakes (c) enjoying challenges (d) avoiding challenges
- 27.Which of these is showing off? (a) making eye contact (b) standing up straight (c) volunteering to lead (d) talking over others
- 28.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) one huge deadline (c) doing only easy bits (d) hard part first
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming a teammate (b) hiding a broken item (c) doing your class duty (d) skipping your duty
- 30.True or false: “I’m tired, but I’ll do my 15 minutes of practice.” shows giving in. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: fixing what you broke? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing up straight (b) volunteering to lead (c) trying for the team (d) saying “I can’t”
- 33.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: making eye contact? (a) confidence (b) low confidence (c) showing off
- 34.True or false: “asking for help” is showing off. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “bragging after a win” shows confidence. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🎤 You are nervous before speaking at the assembly. What helps most? (a) read very fast (b) look at the floor (c) skip the assembly (d) practise it aloud first
- 37.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: saying yes to please all? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 38.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 39.True or false: “hiding the result” is learning from a mistake. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) hard part first (c) starting on the last day (d) breaking work into steps
Answer key
- poor planning
- self-discipline
- doing only easy bits
- a date for one step
- never trying again
- speaking up in class
- False
- fixed habit
- False
- sticking to easy tasks
- ignoring team messages
- reliable
- using a simple timetable
- sleeping on time
- avoiding challenges
- returning things on time
- False
- False
- True
- confidence
- “I can learn from her.”
- False
- introduce yourself
- responsible
- volunteering to lead
- enjoying challenges
- talking over others
- hard part first
- doing your class duty
- False
- responsible
- saying “I can’t”
- confidence
- False
- False
- practise it aloud first
- unreliable
- fixed habit
- False
- starting on the last day
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