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.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 2.True or false: “saying “I’ll try”” shows low confidence. (a) True (b) False
- 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping on time (b) snacking instead of work (c) putting work off (d) skipping practice
- 5.📒 What is a good way not to forget your promises? (a) make more promises (b) write them down (c) hope for the best (d) never promise anything
- 6.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) ignoring team messages (b) saying yes to please all (c) arriving very late (d) writing promises down
- 7.🤝 A friend asks for help on Saturday, but you already promised to visit your grandmother. What is best? (a) say yes to both (b) skip Grandma’s visit (c) switch off your phone (d) say no kindly
- 8.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) hiding your mistakes (c) enjoying challenges (d) sticking to easy tasks
- 9.Which of these is good project planning? (a) hard part first (b) guessing how long (c) ignoring the timetable (d) no spare time
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) hard part first (c) doing only easy bits (d) ignoring the timetable
- 11.True or false: “It is my turn to water the plants. I will do it now.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
- 12.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) trying new strategies (c) asking for help early (d) enjoying challenges
- 13.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: saving pocket money? (a) no self-discipline (b) self-discipline
- 14.Which of these shows self-discipline? (a) gaming till midnight (b) putting work off (c) snacking instead of work (d) practising daily
- 15.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “sleeping on time” shows no self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: “One more episode? No — homework first.” shows giving in. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: “asking for feedback” is learning from a mistake. (a) False (b) True
- 19.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: homework before games? (a) self-discipline (b) no self-discipline
- 20.True or false: “returning borrowed books” is a responsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 21.💬 Which self-talk builds confidence? (a) “I can try this.” (b) “I always fail.” (c) “I am useless.” (d) “Others are better.”
- 22.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) making up excuses (b) promising only what fits (c) checking your diary (d) writing promises down
- 23.True or false: “This is hard, but I’ll break it into steps.” shows a negative attitude. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) listing tasks first (c) checking progress weekly (d) no task list
- 25.True or false: “I didn’t do my part because nobody told me again.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) volunteering to lead (b) acting like a know-all (c) mocking weaker players (d) saying “I can’t”
- 27.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) waiting to be told (b) hiding a broken item (c) fixing what you broke (d) saying “not my job”
- 28.True or false: “owning up to a mistake” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: “coming when you said” is an unreliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “I told the coach I would practise daily, and I did all week.” is a promise kept. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: coming when you said? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 32.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I promised to help paint the banner, then went home.” (a) a promise broken (b) a promise kept
- 33.True or false: “sticking to a routine” shows no self-discipline. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) using a simple timetable (c) hard part first (d) checking progress weekly
- 35.🏏 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) pretend you were ill (b) message the captain (c) skip practice (d) go back to sleep
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing your class duty (b) owning up to a mistake (c) returning borrowed books (d) waiting to be told
- 37.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “She is just lucky.” (b) “I’ll never draw well.” (c) “Drawing is silly.” (d) “I can learn from her.”
- 38.True or false: “asking for help” shows confidence. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) enjoying challenges (b) learning from feedback (c) asking for help early (d) avoiding challenges
- 40.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “Just one more game… and one more.” (a) giving in (b) self-control
Answer key
- fixed mindset
- False
- poor planning
- sleeping on time
- write them down
- writing promises down
- say no kindly
- enjoying challenges
- hard part first
- hard part first
- True
- avoiding challenges
- self-discipline
- practising daily
- False
- False
- False
- True
- self-discipline
- True
- “I can try this.”
- making up excuses
- False
- no task list
- True
- saying “I can’t”
- fixing what you broke
- False
- False
- True
- reliable
- a promise broken
- False
- starting on the last day
- message the captain
- waiting to be told
- “I can learn from her.”
- True
- avoiding challenges
- giving in
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