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? “My part is late. I will finish it tonight and tell the team.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 2.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 3.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: losing borrowed books? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 4.🙋 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
- 5.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: cleaning up after art? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 6.True or false: “waiting to be told” is a responsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking your own work (b) skipping your duty (c) losing borrowed books (d) blaming the weather
- 8.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: keeping your desk tidy? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cleaning up after art (b) blaming the weather (c) returning borrowed books (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 10.True or false: “fixing what you broke” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fixing what you broke (b) blaming the weather (c) saying “not my job” (d) blaming a teammate
- 12.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: doing your fair share? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a broken item (b) reporting a broken bench (c) losing borrowed books (d) skipping your duty
- 14.True or false: “waiting to be told” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: “I lost the book, but books get lost all the time.” is an excuse. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: “saying “not my job”” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 20.True or false: “It is my turn to water the plants. I will do it now.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I made the error in the total. Let me fix it.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 22.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) hiding a broken item (b) doing your fair share (c) blaming the weather (d) losing borrowed books
- 23.True or false: “Not my problem — someone else can clean it.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🌱 You are the class monitor and the class plants look dry before a long holiday. What do you do? (a) water them next month (b) leave them dry (c) water them before you go (d) wait for someone else
- 25.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: blaming a teammate? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 26.True or false: “returning borrowed books” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the mess behind (b) doing your fair share (c) returning borrowed books (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “not my job” (b) owning up to a mistake (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) reporting a broken bench
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning up to a mistake (b) blaming a teammate (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) fixing what you broke
- 30.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) skipping your duty (b) returning borrowed books (c) blaming a teammate (d) leaving the mess behind
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) losing borrowed books (b) checking your own work (c) fixing what you broke (d) returning borrowed books
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the weather (b) doing your class duty (c) skipping your duty (d) saying “not my job”
- 33.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) skipping your duty (b) doing your class duty (c) cleaning up after art (d) returning borrowed books
- 34.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) waiting to be told (b) losing borrowed books (c) checking your own work (d) saying “not my job”
- 35.🧪 Your group got a low mark because your part had errors. What should you say? (a) “My part had errors.” (b) “The teacher is unfair.” (c) “The others did badly.” (d) “Marks do not matter.”
- 36.True or false: “owning up to a mistake” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming a teammate (b) blaming the weather (c) cleaning up after art (d) hiding a broken item
- 38.🧹 It is your turn to clean the board, but your friends are going out to play. What do you do? (a) pretend you forgot (b) clean the board first (c) ask a friend to lie (d) leave it for tomorrow
- 39.True or false: “Not my problem — someone else can clean it.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: fixing what you broke? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
Answer key
- a responsible reply
- an excuse
- irresponsible
- an excuse
- responsible
- False
- checking your own work
- responsible
- blaming the weather
- False
- fixing what you broke
- responsible
- reporting a broken bench
- True
- False
- True
- True
- True
- a responsible reply
- True
- a responsible reply
- doing your fair share
- False
- water them before you go
- irresponsible
- False
- leaving the mess behind
- saying “not my job”
- blaming a teammate
- returning borrowed books
- losing borrowed books
- doing your class duty
- skipping your duty
- checking your own work
- “My part had errors.”
- False
- cleaning up after art
- clean the board first
- True
- responsible
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