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) listing tasks first (b) keeping spare days (c) forgetting the due date (d) hard part first
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) quitting the club (b) practising the weak part (c) never trying again (d) saying “I’m just bad”
- 3.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I said I would set up the chairs at 8. I came at 7:55.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 4.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: keeping your desk tidy? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 6.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: saying “I can’t”? (a) low confidence (b) confidence (c) showing off
- 7.🏏 You told your team you would be at practice at 7 AM. Your alarm failed and you will be 20 minutes late. What is best? (a) skip practice (b) pretend you were ill (c) message the captain (d) go back to sleep
- 8.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: talking over others? (a) low confidence (b) confidence (c) showing off
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) fearing every mistake (c) trying for the team (d) volunteering to lead
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a broken item (b) waiting to be told (c) blaming the weather (d) owning up to a mistake
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) snacking instead of work (b) practising daily (c) gaming till midnight (d) skipping practice
- 12.True or false: “trying for the team” shows low confidence. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🎒 What does being responsible mostly mean? (a) blaming others (b) waiting to be told (c) doing only fun tasks (d) doing what you should
- 14.True or false: “starting without nagging” shows no self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: “promising only what fits” is an unreliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🙋 You don’t understand a sum in class. A confident student will… (a) give up (b) copy a friend (c) ask the teacher (d) stay quiet
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) hard part first (c) no task list (d) ignoring the timetable
- 18.True or false: “hiding the result” is learning from a mistake. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) promising only what fits (b) coming when you said (c) telling early if delayed (d) not doing your part
- 20.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “quitting the club” is giving up after a mistake. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: writing promises down? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 23.True or false: “fixing what you broke” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 25.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) saying no if you can’t (b) promising only what fits (c) arriving very late (d) returning things on time
- 26.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: never trying again? (a) giving up (b) learning from it
- 27.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I told the coach I would practise daily, and I did all week.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 28.Which of these is showing off? (a) trying for the team (b) making eye contact (c) volunteering to lead (d) talking over others
- 29.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
- 30.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’ll start tomorrow. Or next week.” (a) self-control (b) giving in
- 31.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) promising only what fits (b) returning things on time (c) agreeing to everything (d) telling early if delayed
- 32.🌤️ What does a positive attitude mean? (a) seeing ways forward (b) expecting the worst (c) blaming others (d) complaining a lot
- 33.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’ll save half my pocket money for the cricket bat.” (a) self-control (b) giving in
- 34.True or false: “This is hard, but I’ll break it into steps.” shows a positive attitude. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) checking progress weekly (c) ignoring the timetable (d) breaking work into steps
- 36.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: saying sorry and fixing? (a) giving up (b) learning from it
- 37.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is learning from a mistake? (a) tearing up the work (b) hiding the result (c) asking for feedback (d) blaming bad luck
- 39.🏸 You want to get better at badminton. What shows self-discipline? (a) practise a little daily (b) play once a month (c) only watch others (d) wait for a coach
- 40.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) this week (c) the night before (d) after it is due
Answer key
- forgetting the due date
- practising the weak part
- a promise kept
- True
- responsible
- low confidence
- message the captain
- showing off
- fearing every mistake
- owning up to a mistake
- practising daily
- False
- doing what you should
- False
- False
- ask the teacher
- hard part first
- False
- not doing your part
- True
- True
- reliable
- False
- good planning
- arriving very late
- giving up
- a promise kept
- talking over others
- True
- giving in
- agreeing to everything
- seeing ways forward
- self-control
- True
- ignoring the timetable
- learning from it
- True
- asking for feedback
- practise a little daily
- this week
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