Leadership Skills Worksheet: Taking Responsibility

Leadership lesson 1: Taking responsibility · Set 256 · 40 questions

Leader's tip (Own it, fix it): Responsible: owning up to a mistake, doing your class duty, returning borrowed books, reporting a broken bench, checking your own work. Irresponsible: blaming a teammate, saying “not my job”, hiding a broken item, leaving the mess behind, waiting to be told. A responsible reply owns the problem and says how it will be fixed: “I forgot the chart. I will bring it tomorrow before class.”

1. 1.True or false: “Not my problem — someone else can clean it.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I made the error in the total. Let me fix it.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
3. 3.📚 You lost a library book. What is the responsible step? (a) say it was never issued (b) blame your brother (c) tell the librarian (d) hide it and stay quiet
4. 4.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: doing your fair share? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
5. 5.🧹 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) pretend you forgot (c) ask a friend to lie (d) clean the board first
6. 6.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: skipping your duty? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
7. 7.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I forgot the chart. I will bring it tomorrow before class.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
8. 8.True or false: “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “The chart is late because my team is useless.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting to be told (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) skipping your duty (d) hiding a broken item
11. 11.🧪 Your group got a low mark because your part had errors. What should you say? (a) “The others did badly.” (b) “My part had errors.” (c) “Marks do not matter.” (d) “The teacher is unfair.”
12. 12.🪑 You see a broken bench in class that could hurt someone. What is best? (a) report it to a teacher (b) ignore it (c) tell nobody (d) sit on it anyway
13. 13.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) hiding a broken item (b) cleaning up after art (c) skipping your duty (d) saying “not my job”
14. 14.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) doing your class duty (b) owning up to a mistake (c) saying “not my job” (d) returning borrowed books
15. 15.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) blaming a teammate (b) returning borrowed books (c) saying “not my job” (d) blaming the weather
16. 16.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
17. 17.📝 You notice a mistake in your homework that the teacher marked right. What is honest? (a) tear the page out (b) keep quiet (c) change a friend’s work (d) tell the teacher
18. 18.True or false: “It is my turn to water the plants. I will do it now.” is an excuse. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I lost the book, but books get lost all the time.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
20. 20.True or false: “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) blaming a teammate (b) cleaning up after art (c) doing your class duty (d) fixing what you broke
22. 22.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: fixing what you broke? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
23. 23.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: owning up to a mistake? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
24. 24.True or false: “I forgot the chart. I will bring it tomorrow before class.” is an excuse. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) blaming the weather (b) checking your own work (c) returning borrowed books (d) keeping your desk tidy
26. 26.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) leaving the mess behind (b) checking your own work (c) waiting to be told (d) hiding a broken item
27. 27.True or false: “I didn’t do my part because nobody told me again.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🙋 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
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “not my job” (b) fixing what you broke (c) leaving the mess behind (d) losing borrowed books
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping your duty (b) cleaning up after art (c) saying “not my job” (d) blaming the weather
31. 31.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: checking your own work? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
32. 32.True or false: “Not my problem — someone else can clean it.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) saying “not my job” (b) owning up to a mistake (c) leaving the mess behind (d) waiting to be told
34. 34.True or false: “reporting a broken bench” is a responsible habit. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “fixing what you broke” is a responsible habit. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎒 What does being responsible mostly mean? (a) waiting to be told (b) doing only fun tasks (c) blaming others (d) doing what you should
37. 37.🙋 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
38. 38.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) skipping your duty (b) returning borrowed books (c) owning up to a mistake (d) fixing what you broke
39. 39.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: losing borrowed books? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
40. 40.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: reporting a broken bench? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible

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