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 an unreliable habit? (a) coming when you said (b) saying yes to please all (c) checking your diary (d) telling early if delayed
- 2.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) trying new strategies (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) practising hard skills
- 3.True or false: “trying a new method” is giving up after a mistake. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: “not doing your part” is an unreliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: “finishing what you start” shows self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: “never trying again” is learning from a mistake. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I forgot the chart. I will bring it tomorrow before class.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 9.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “My part is late. I will finish it tonight and tell the team.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 10.True or false: “noting the lesson” is learning from a mistake. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 12.🏆 Confidence is believing in yourself. Showing off is… (a) trying new things (b) asking questions (c) putting others down (d) speaking clearly
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) no task list (c) no spare time (d) doing only easy bits
- 14.True or false: “Not my problem — someone else can clean it.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
- 15.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) agreeing to everything (b) ignoring team messages (c) saying no if you can’t (d) promising then vanishing
- 16.True or false: “avoiding new things” shows confidence. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming a teammate (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) reporting a broken bench (d) doing your fair share
- 18.True or false: “boasting about marks” shows low confidence. (a) False (b) True
- 19.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’ll check my phone after this chapter.” (a) self-control (b) giving in
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting without nagging (b) sleeping on time (c) finishing what you start (d) waking up late daily
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) coming when you said (b) saying no if you can’t (c) telling early if delayed (d) not doing your part
- 22.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: starting without nagging? (a) self-discipline (b) no self-discipline
- 23.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: “My part is late. I will finish it tonight and tell the team.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 25.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: never raising a hand? (a) confidence (b) low confidence (c) showing off
- 26.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 27.🧪 Your team’s science model fell apart at the fair. A positive leader says… (a) “I knew it would fail.” (b) “Let’s never try again.” (c) “This team is useless.” (d) “What can we learn?”
- 28.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) enjoying challenges (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) giving up quickly
- 29.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) practising hard skills (c) hiding your mistakes (d) enjoying challenges
- 30.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “The chart is late because my team is useless.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waking up late daily (b) saving pocket money (c) gaming till midnight (d) putting work off
- 32.True or false: “ignoring team messages” is a reliable habit. (a) False (b) True
- 33.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) ignoring team messages (b) not doing your part (c) forgetting what you said (d) returning things on time
- 34.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) starting early (c) guessing how long (d) starting on the last day
- 35.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: bragging after a win? (a) showing off (b) confidence (c) low confidence
- 36.True or false: “asking for feedback” is giving up after a mistake. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: saying “I’m just bad”? (a) giving up (b) learning from it
- 39.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I promised to help paint the banner, then went home.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 40.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:15 PM (b) 4:30 PM (c) 3:45 PM
Answer key
- saying yes to please all
- sticking to easy tasks
- False
- True
- True
- True
- False
- a responsible reply
- a responsible reply
- True
- fixed mindset
- putting others down
- listing tasks first
- True
- saying no if you can’t
- False
- blaming a teammate
- False
- self-control
- waking up late daily
- not doing your part
- self-discipline
- True
- True
- low confidence
- growth mindset
- “What can we learn?”
- enjoying challenges
- hiding your mistakes
- an excuse
- saving pocket money
- False
- returning things on time
- starting early
- showing off
- False
- False
- giving up
- a promise broken
- 4:15 PM
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