Leadership Skills Worksheet: Taking Responsibility
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.”
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- 1.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “Not my problem — someone else can clean it.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the weather (b) losing borrowed books (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) hiding a broken item
- 3.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: blaming the weather? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 4.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) skipping your duty (b) losing borrowed books (c) doing your fair share (d) waiting to be told
- 5.🙋 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
- 6.True or false: “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “It is my turn to water the plants. I will do it now.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 8.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧪 Your group got a low mark because your part had errors. What should you say? (a) “My part had errors.” (b) “The others did badly.” (c) “The teacher is unfair.” (d) “Marks do not matter.”
- 10.True or false: “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “I forgot the chart. I will bring it tomorrow before class.” is an excuse. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: “The chart is late because my team is useless.” is an excuse. (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) saying “not my job” (b) hiding a broken item (c) doing your class duty (d) skipping your duty
- 14.True or false: “I forgot the chart. I will bring it tomorrow before class.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: “saying “not my job”” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🎒 What does being responsible mostly mean? (a) doing only fun tasks (b) blaming others (c) doing what you should (d) waiting to be told
- 17.True or false: “Not my problem — someone else can clean it.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: doing your fair share? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing your class duty (b) blaming the weather (c) checking your own work (d) doing your fair share
- 20.True or false: “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “The chart is late because my team is useless.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 22.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: hiding a broken item? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 23.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 24.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) checking your own work (b) cleaning up after art (c) waiting to be told (d) owning up to a mistake
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the mess behind (b) blaming the weather (c) reporting a broken bench (d) waiting to be told
- 26.True or false: “blaming the weather” is a responsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: waiting to be told? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 28.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) doing your class duty (b) owning up to a mistake (c) leaving the mess behind (d) fixing what you broke
- 29.True or false: “owning up to a mistake” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “skipping your duty” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 31.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) returning borrowed books (b) owning up to a mistake (c) doing your class duty (d) hiding a broken item
- 32.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) blaming a teammate (b) leaving the mess behind (c) fixing what you broke (d) saying “not my job”
- 33.True or false: “hiding a broken item” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing your fair share (b) fixing what you broke (c) cleaning up after art (d) blaming a teammate
- 35.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: doing your class duty? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 36.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: checking your own work? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 37.True or false: “I lost the book, but books get lost all the time.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “I didn’t do my part because nobody told me again.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: returning borrowed books? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 40.🧹 It is your turn to clean the board, but your friends are going out to play. What do you do? (a) clean the board first (b) pretend you forgot (c) leave it for tomorrow (d) ask a friend to lie
Answer key
- an excuse
- keeping your desk tidy
- irresponsible
- doing your fair share
- a responsible reply
- False
- a responsible reply
- False
- “My part had errors.”
- False
- False
- True
- doing your class duty
- True
- True
- doing what you should
- False
- responsible
- blaming the weather
- True
- an excuse
- irresponsible
- a responsible reply
- waiting to be told
- reporting a broken bench
- False
- irresponsible
- leaving the mess behind
- False
- True
- hiding a broken item
- fixing what you broke
- True
- blaming a teammate
- responsible
- responsible
- False
- False
- responsible
- clean the board first
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