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.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: making eye contact? (a) confidence (b) low confidence (c) showing off
- 2.True or false: “skipping practice” shows self-discipline. (a) True (b) False
- 3.⏰ You promised to finish the team slides by Thursday, but you fall ill. What should you do? (a) send them on Monday (b) blame the computer (c) tell the team early (d) say nothing
- 4.True or false: “I forgot the chart. I will bring it tomorrow before class.” is an excuse. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: “saying yes to please all” is an unreliable habit. (a) False (b) True
- 6.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) starting early (c) using a simple timetable (d) one huge deadline
- 7.📚 Your exam is in two weeks. What is the disciplined plan? (a) study a bit every day (b) skip it and hope (c) study the night before (d) read only the easy part
- 8.True or false: “making up excuses” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” is an excuse. (a) True (b) False
- 10.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) checking your diary (b) making up excuses (c) returning things on time (d) finishing on the set day
- 11.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “This is too hard. Why even try?” (a) a negative attitude (b) a positive attitude
- 12.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 13.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: forgetting what you said? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 14.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: snacking instead of work? (a) self-discipline (b) no self-discipline
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting the lesson (b) saying “I’m just bad” (c) never trying again (d) blaming bad luck
- 16.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: asking for help early? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring team messages (b) arriving very late (c) writing promises down (d) forgetting what you said
- 18.True or false: “I didn’t get the role, so I quit.” shows a positive attitude. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “I’ll check my phone after this chapter.” shows giving in. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: asking for feedback? (a) giving up (b) learning from it
- 21.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) enjoying challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) sticking to easy tasks
- 23.📝 You notice a mistake in your homework that the teacher marked right. What is honest? (a) keep quiet (b) tell the teacher (c) tear the page out (d) change a friend’s work
- 24.🛏️ You planned to wake at 6 to revise, but your bed is cosy. What builds self-discipline? (a) sleep two more hours (b) get up as planned (c) revise next week (d) skip revision
- 25.True or false: “putting work off” shows no self-discipline. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I promised to help paint the banner, then went home.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 27.🙋 You don’t understand a sum in class. A confident student will… (a) stay quiet (b) ask the teacher (c) give up (d) copy a friend
- 28.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: saying “I’m just bad”? (a) giving up (b) learning from it
- 29.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) making eye contact (b) hiding at the back (c) boasting about marks (d) speaking up in class
- 30.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) blaming a teammate (b) cleaning up after art (c) checking your own work (d) fixing what you broke
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone away for study (b) practising daily (c) snacking instead of work (d) sticking to a routine
- 32.True or false: “coming when you said” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “promising then vanishing” is an unreliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) do it all at once (c) wait for help (d) break it into steps
- 35.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: asking what went wrong? (a) giving up (b) learning from it
- 37.True or false: “coming when you said” is an unreliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 38.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’m tired, but I’ll do my 15 minutes of practice.” (a) self-control (b) giving in
- 39.🙏 You said something unkind to a teammate in anger. What should you do? (a) pretend it didn’t happen (b) say it again (c) blame them (d) say sorry and mean it
- 40.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
Answer key
- confidence
- False
- tell the team early
- False
- True
- one huge deadline
- study a bit every day
- False
- True
- making up excuses
- a negative attitude
- growth habit
- unreliable
- no self-discipline
- noting the lesson
- growth habit
- writing promises down
- False
- False
- learning from it
- True
- sticking to easy tasks
- tell the teacher
- get up as planned
- True
- a promise broken
- ask the teacher
- giving up
- hiding at the back
- blaming a teammate
- snacking instead of work
- True
- True
- break it into steps
- False
- learning from it
- False
- self-control
- say sorry and mean it
- growth mindset
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