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 showing off? (a) saying “I can’t” (b) acting like a know-all (c) volunteering to lead (d) standing up straight
- 2.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🛏️ You planned to wake at 6 to revise, but your bed is cosy. What builds self-discipline? (a) revise next week (b) get up as planned (c) skip revision (d) sleep two more hours
- 5.Which of these is giving up after a mistake? (a) trying a new method (b) asking for feedback (c) never trying again (d) asking what went wrong
- 6.📚 Your exam is in two weeks. What is the disciplined plan? (a) read only the easy part (b) study a bit every day (c) skip it and hope (d) study the night before
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mumbling answers (b) talking over others (c) hiding at the back (d) avoiding new things
- 8.✂️ Your team must make 48 bookmarks in 6 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
- 9.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: avoiding new things? (a) confidence (b) showing off (c) low confidence
- 10.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: waking up late daily? (a) self-discipline (b) no self-discipline
- 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 12.True or false: “I promised to come at 4, but I came at 5 without telling anyone.” is a promise kept. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “fearing every mistake” shows low confidence. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) no task list (c) no spare time (d) starting early
- 16.🏆 Confidence is believing in yourself. Showing off is… (a) trying new things (b) putting others down (c) asking questions (d) speaking clearly
- 17.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 18.True or false: “I’ll save half my pocket money for the cricket bat.” shows self-control. (a) True (b) False
- 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 20.True or false: “avoiding new things” shows low confidence. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “I spent all my savings on snacks again.” shows giving in. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: forgetting what you said? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 23.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) talent is fixed (b) skills grow with effort (c) effort is useless (d) smart is born
- 25.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: saying yes to please all? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) keeping spare days (c) listing tasks first (d) using a simple timetable
- 27.True or false: “mumbling answers” is showing off. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: “It is my turn to water the plants. I will do it now.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these shows no self-discipline? (a) scrolling during study (b) practising daily (c) homework before games (d) sleeping on time
- 30.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) talking over others (b) trying for the team (c) avoiding new things (d) volunteering to lead
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking your diary (b) saying no if you can’t (c) not doing your part (d) coming when you said
- 32.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fixing what you broke (b) owning up to a mistake (c) checking your own work (d) hiding a broken item
- 34.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) coming when you said (b) ignoring team messages (c) telling early if delayed (d) writing promises down
- 35.True or false: “blaming bad luck” is giving up after a mistake. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔁 Why are mistakes useful? (a) they mean you are bad (b) they should be hidden (c) they never help (d) they show what to fix
- 37.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: saying “I’m just bad”? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 38.True or false: “doing your class duty” is a responsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I said I would set up the chairs at 8. I came at 7:55.” (a) a promise broken (b) a promise kept
Answer key
- acting like a know-all
- False
- False
- get up as planned
- never trying again
- study a bit every day
- talking over others
- 8
- low confidence
- no self-discipline
- good planning
- False
- True
- fixed habit
- starting early
- putting others down
- fixed mindset
- True
- good planning
- True
- True
- unreliable
- False
- skills grow with effort
- unreliable
- doing only easy bits
- False
- False
- scrolling during study
- avoiding new things
- not doing your part
- growth habit
- hiding a broken item
- ignoring team messages
- True
- they show what to fix
- giving up
- True
- False
- a promise kept
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