Leadership Skills Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Leadership lesson 8: Part 1 test: leading yourself · Set 824 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) talent is fixed (b) skills grow with effort (c) smart is born (d) effort is useless
2. 2.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) ignoring feedback (c) giving up quickly (d) asking for help early
3. 3.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’m tired, but I’ll do my 15 minutes of practice.” (a) giving in (b) self-control
4. 4.🛏️ You planned to wake at 6 to revise, but your bed is cosy. What builds self-discipline? (a) skip revision (b) revise next week (c) sleep two more hours (d) get up as planned
5. 5.True or false: “saving pocket money” shows no self-discipline. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: arriving very late? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
7. 7.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: saying yes to please all? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
8. 8.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) making eye contact (b) mocking weaker players (c) never raising a hand (d) asking for help
9. 9.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: making up excuses? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
10. 10.True or false: “saying yes to please all” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting without nagging (b) practising daily (c) giving up after a day (d) sleeping on time
13. 13.⏰ You promised to finish the team slides by Thursday, but you fall ill. What should you do? (a) send them on Monday (b) tell the team early (c) blame the computer (d) say nothing
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) learning from feedback (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) ignoring feedback
15. 15.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I said I would set up the chairs at 8. I came at 7:55.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
16. 16.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) avoiding new things (b) saying “I’ll try” (c) trying for the team (d) volunteering to lead
18. 18.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) practising hard skills (c) asking for help early (d) enjoying challenges
19. 19.🧹 It is your turn to clean the board, but your friends are going out to play. What do you do? (a) leave it for tomorrow (b) ask a friend to lie (c) pretend you forgot (d) clean the board first
20. 20.True or false: “We lost today, but our passing got better.” shows a positive attitude. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) using a simple timetable (c) no task list (d) hard part first
22. 22.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “We lost. This team is hopeless.” (a) a negative attitude (b) a positive attitude
23. 23.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing on the set day (b) returning things on time (c) arriving very late (d) checking your diary
25. 25.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) hiding at the back (b) acting like a know-all (c) mocking weaker players (d) trying for the team
26. 26.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: trying for the team? (a) confidence (b) low confidence (c) showing off
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saving pocket money (b) snacking instead of work (c) giving up after a day (d) waking up late daily
29. 29.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) coming when you said (b) returning things on time (c) making up excuses (d) writing promises down
31. 31.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
33. 33.Which of these is giving up after a mistake? (a) asking for feedback (b) hiding the result (c) trying a new method (d) noting the lesson
34. 34.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: asking what went wrong? (a) giving up (b) learning from it
35. 35.🆕 You are new to the football team. What shows quiet confidence? (a) skip practice (b) introduce yourself (c) boast about skills (d) wait to be noticed
36. 36.📱 You sit down to study but your phone keeps buzzing. What helps most? (a) reply to each message (b) study with it in hand (c) keep it in another room (d) turn the volume up
37. 37.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: standing up straight? (a) low confidence (b) confidence (c) showing off
38. 38.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) using a simple timetable (c) one huge deadline (d) ignoring the timetable
39. 39.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting early
40. 40.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: skipping practice? (a) no self-discipline (b) self-discipline

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