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.🎯 A good trick to start a boring task is to… (a) start with 10 minutes (b) do it at midnight (c) ask a friend to do it (d) wait for the mood
- 2.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) keeping spare days (c) doing only easy bits (d) breaking work into steps
- 3.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: asking for help? (a) low confidence (b) confidence (c) showing off
- 4.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) never (b) yet (c) ever (d) again
- 5.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: coming when you said? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 6.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 7.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: standing up straight? (a) confidence (b) low confidence (c) showing off
- 9.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “Good try! Let’s fix the ending together.” (a) a negative attitude (b) a positive attitude
- 10.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) no task list (c) keeping spare days (d) breaking work into steps
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) agreeing to everything (b) ignoring team messages (c) forgetting what you said (d) coming when you said
- 12.True or false: “I promised Mum I would finish homework before TV, and I did.” is a promise broken. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Feedback is an attack on me.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 14.🧭 What does self-discipline mean? (a) control over your habits (b) doing nothing (c) obeying only adults (d) doing what is fun
- 15.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: “mocking weaker players” is showing off. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which of these is giving up after a mistake? (a) trying a new method (b) asking what went wrong (c) practising the weak part (d) tearing up the work
- 18.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 20.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “One more episode? No — homework first.” (a) self-control (b) giving in
- 21.🧪 Your team’s science model fell apart at the fair. A positive leader says… (a) “This team is useless.” (b) “What can we learn?” (c) “I knew it would fail.” (d) “Let’s never try again.”
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing your class duty (b) returning borrowed books (c) hiding a broken item (d) owning up to a mistake
- 23.True or false: “asking for help” shows low confidence. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) avoiding challenges (c) giving up quickly (d) sticking to easy tasks
- 26.True or false: “agreeing to everything” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 28.True or false: “Just one more game… and one more.” shows giving in. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: “I promised Mum I would finish homework before TV, and I did.” is a promise kept. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: “I’ll check my phone after this chapter.” shows giving in. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🌱 You are the class monitor and the class plants look dry before a long holiday. What do you do? (a) leave them dry (b) water them before you go (c) water them next month (d) wait for someone else
- 32.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) in the third week (c) this week (d) the night before
- 34.True or false: “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “We lost. This team is hopeless.” shows a negative attitude. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) promising only what fits (b) finishing on the set day (c) saying no if you can’t (d) agreeing to everything
- 37.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: promising then vanishing? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 38.True or false: “promising then vanishing” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🙋 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
- 40.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I told the coach I would practise daily, and I did all week.” (a) a promise broken (b) a promise kept
Answer key
- start with 10 minutes
- doing only easy bits
- confidence
- yet
- reliable
- fixed habit
- False
- confidence
- a positive attitude
- no task list
- coming when you said
- False
- fixed mindset
- control over your habits
- True
- True
- tearing up the work
- False
- an excuse
- self-control
- “What can we learn?”
- hiding a broken item
- False
- False
- trying new strategies
- False
- fixed mindset
- True
- True
- False
- water them before you go
- True
- this week
- True
- True
- agreeing to everything
- unreliable
- False
- a responsible reply
- a promise kept
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