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.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: returning things on time? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 2.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 3.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: finishing on the set day? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 4.True or false: “sleeping on time” shows self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “Not my problem — someone else can clean it.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 6.🤝 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
- 7.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) volunteering to lead (b) mocking weaker players (c) acting like a know-all (d) saying “I can’t”
- 8.True or false: “Good try! Let’s fix the ending together.” shows a positive attitude. (a) True (b) False
- 9.💬 Which self-talk builds confidence? (a) “I always fail.” (b) “I can try this.” (c) “I am useless.” (d) “Others are better.”
- 10.True or false: “bragging after a win” shows confidence. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) arriving very late (b) saying yes to please all (c) returning things on time (d) not doing your part
- 12.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: saying “I can’t”? (a) confidence (b) showing off (c) low confidence
- 13.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: owning up to a mistake? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 15.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) the night before (c) after it is due (d) this week
- 16.Which of these is showing off? (a) trying for the team (b) talking over others (c) hiding at the back (d) fearing every mistake
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) doing only easy bits (c) checking progress weekly (d) no spare time
- 18.✂️ Your team must make 24 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
- 19.📱 You sit down to study but your phone keeps buzzing. What helps most? (a) turn the volume up (b) study with it in hand (c) keep it in another room (d) reply to each message
- 20.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no task list (c) doing only easy bits (d) listing tasks first
- 21.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🏏 You told your team you would be at practice at 7 AM. Your alarm failed and you will be 20 minutes late. What is best? (a) go back to sleep (b) pretend you were ill (c) skip practice (d) message the captain
- 23.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’ll start tomorrow. Or next week.” (a) self-control (b) giving in
- 24.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 25.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: talking over others? (a) low confidence (b) confidence (c) showing off
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fixing what you broke (b) saying “not my job” (c) skipping your duty (d) losing borrowed books
- 27.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I will practise more.” (b) “I need a new plan.” (c) “I’ll ask for help.” (d) “I am not smart.”
- 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 29.True or false: “noting the lesson” is learning from a mistake. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 31.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: acting like a know-all? (a) low confidence (b) showing off (c) confidence
- 32.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 33.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) ignoring the timetable (c) doing only easy bits (d) checking progress weekly
- 34.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 35.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) hard part first (c) keeping spare days (d) ignoring the timetable
- 36.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) doing only easy bits (c) starting early (d) forgetting the due date
- 37.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “I didn’t get the role, so I quit.” (a) a positive attitude (b) a negative attitude
- 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising the weak part (b) hiding the result (c) asking what went wrong (d) asking for feedback
- 40.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: doing your class duty? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
Answer key
- reliable
- poor planning
- reliable
- True
- an excuse
- a promise kept
- saying “I can’t”
- True
- “I can try this.”
- False
- returning things on time
- low confidence
- responsible
- poor planning
- this week
- talking over others
- checking progress weekly
- 8
- keep it in another room
- listing tasks first
- False
- message the captain
- giving in
- True
- showing off
- fixing what you broke
- “I am not smart.”
- poor planning
- True
- False
- showing off
- fixed mindset
- checking progress weekly
- fixed habit
- ignoring the timetable
- starting early
- a negative attitude
- poor planning
- hiding the result
- responsible
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