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.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 2.Which of these is learning from a mistake? (a) tearing up the work (b) practising the weak part (c) saying “I’m just bad” (d) blaming bad luck
- 3.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: asking for feedback? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking up in class (b) making eye contact (c) bragging after a win (d) standing up straight
- 5.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I promised to help paint the banner, then went home.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 6.True or false: “never trying again” is learning from a mistake. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: losing borrowed books? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 8.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) blaming the weather (b) losing borrowed books (c) owning up to a mistake (d) skipping your duty
- 9.🌤️ What does a positive attitude mean? (a) complaining a lot (b) seeing ways forward (c) expecting the worst (d) blaming others
- 10.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I need a new plan.” (b) “I’ll ask for help.” (c) “I will practise more.” (d) “I am not smart.”
- 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 12.✂️ Your team must make 8 bookmarks in 4 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
- 13.True or false: “losing borrowed books” is a responsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) guessing how long (c) forgetting the due date (d) checking progress weekly
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the work (b) hiding the result (c) saying “I’m just bad” (d) asking for feedback
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) enjoying challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) envying others
- 17.True or false: “We lost today, but our passing got better.” shows a positive attitude. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 19.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I didn’t do my part because nobody told me again.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 20.🛏️ You planned to wake at 6 to revise, but your bed is cosy. What builds self-discipline? (a) get up as planned (b) revise next week (c) skip revision (d) sleep two more hours
- 21.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) finishing on the set day (b) saying no if you can’t (c) agreeing to everything (d) checking your diary
- 22.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) snacking instead of work (b) putting work off (c) scrolling during study (d) sleeping on time
- 25.📅 Your science model is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying a new method (b) quitting the club (c) never trying again (d) hiding the result
- 27.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “Rain again. Everything always goes wrong.” (a) a negative attitude (b) a positive attitude
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing promises down (b) returning things on time (c) telling early if delayed (d) ignoring team messages
- 29.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: forgetting what you said? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) doing only easy bits (c) keeping spare days (d) hard part first
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) coming when you said (b) arriving very late (c) making up excuses (d) not doing your part
- 32.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I said I would bring the ball, but I forgot it again.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 33.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) talent is fixed (c) smart is born (d) skills grow with effort
- 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 35.True or false: “My part is late. I will finish it tonight and tell the team.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “My part is late. I will finish it tonight and tell the team.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “coming when you said” is an unreliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “I spent all my savings on snacks again.” shows self-control. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “I didn’t get the role, so I quit.” shows a negative attitude. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) returning things on time (b) finishing on the set day (c) writing promises down (d) forgetting what you said
Answer key
- poor planning
- practising the weak part
- learning from it
- bragging after a win
- a promise broken
- False
- irresponsible
- owning up to a mistake
- seeing ways forward
- “I am not smart.”
- good planning
- 2
- False
- checking progress weekly
- asking for feedback
- envying others
- True
- growth habit
- an excuse
- get up as planned
- agreeing to everything
- True
- False
- sleeping on time
- 4
- trying a new method
- a negative attitude
- ignoring team messages
- unreliable
- doing only easy bits
- coming when you said
- a promise broken
- skills grow with effort
- poor planning
- True
- False
- False
- False
- True
- forgetting what you said
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