Leadership Vocabulary Worksheet

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Key leadership words 12

accountable Answerable for your choices and for how they turn out. "The treasurer is accountable for every dollar the club spends."
delegate To hand one of your tasks to another person to do. "She delegated the poster to one helper and the snack list to another."
goal A result that a person or team sets out to reach. "Our goal is to collect two hundred cans by Friday."
influence The power to change how other people think or act. "An older student can have a big influence on a new one."
initiative Readiness to start things without waiting to be told. "She took the initiative and set out the chairs before anyone asked."
integrity Sticking to your principles and telling the truth. "He showed integrity when he reported his own mistake."
mentor Someone with more experience who gives you advice. "Each new member is paired with a mentor from the grade above."
motivate To stir up in someone the wish to work hard. "A chart of the cans collected so far motivated the class."
role model Someone admired enough that people follow their example. "The youngest players see the captain as a role model."
strategy A plan of action for reaching a long-term aim. "Their strategy was to visit the youngest classes first."
teamwork Cooperation between the people of a group or crew. "It took teamwork to clean the whole park in one morning."
vision A picture of the future that a group is aiming for. "Her vision was a club that every student wanted to join."

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A leader's qualities 12

confident Trusting your own abilities; free of self-doubt. "She sounded confident when she spoke to the whole school."
courage The power to face danger or difficulty in spite of fear. "It took courage to speak up in front of the council."
decisive Quick and firm when a choice has to be made. "A decisive captain picked the lineup without delay."
dependable Steady enough to be trusted with an important task. "A dependable member turns up to every meeting on time."
empathy A sense of what someone else is going through. "Her empathy showed when she sat with the player who was left out."
humble Modest about your own success; never boastful. "He stayed humble and thanked the team after the win."
open-minded Willing to give new and different ideas a fair hearing. "An open-minded president heard every plan before choosing one."
optimistic Seeing the hopeful side and expecting success. "She stayed optimistic about the fair in spite of the rain."
patient Calm through a long wait or a slow, hard job. "He was patient while the new members learned the rules."
perseverance Keeping at a hard task without giving up. "Their perseverance paid off on the fourth try."
resilient Quick to bounce back from a setback or a loss. "The resilient team lost its first match and still reached the final."
tactful Able to speak a hard truth in a kind, gentle way. "A tactful note told him the poster needed one more try."

Leading a group 12

agenda The items a meeting will take up, listed in order. "The spring dance is second on the agenda."
chairperson The one who runs a meeting and keeps it in order. "The chairperson called on each speaker in turn."
collaborate To join forces with others to make or do something. "Two clubs collaborated on the food drive."
committee A small group picked from a larger one to do a task. "The dance committee meets every Tuesday at lunch."
compromise A settlement in which both parties accept less. "As a compromise, the class party had both pizza and tacos."
consensus A shared view reached by the members of a group. "After an hour the council reached a consensus on the theme."
deadline The time limit for completing a piece of work. "The deadline for sign-ups is Friday at noon."
feedback Comments that tell you how well something went. "The class gave feedback on the first draft of the plan."
majority More than half of the members of a group. "A majority chose the blue shirts: 14 of the 24 members."
negotiate To bargain or discuss in search of an agreement. "The council negotiated a later start time with the principal."
priority A matter that is handled ahead of everything else. "Finishing the budget is our top priority this week."
volunteer Someone who works by choice and takes no wages. "Ten volunteers stayed after school to paint the set."

How this list was compiled: Term list chosen for this site on 2026-10-11. Each meaning is written in our own words and was checked that day against the entry for the term in Wiktionary, the free dictionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/), whose text is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, and a second time against the entry in the Cambridge Dictionary (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/). The sentence after each meaning is our own example of the term in use. Licence: own work

How it works

This leadership vocabulary worksheet prints twelve terms down the left and their meanings, mixed up, down the right. It opens on key words such as vision and delegate. Two more sets cover a leader's qualities and leading a group.

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Key leadership words first

Set opens on Key leadership words: vision, delegate, integrity, initiative, mentor, accountable, role model, motivate, teamwork, goal, strategy and influence. A leader's qualities runs from confident, humble and decisive to resilient, optimistic and open-minded.

The words of a meeting

Leading a group prints agenda, committee, chairperson, consensus, compromise, feedback, priority, deadline, collaborate, negotiate, volunteer and majority. Under the tool each term has a sentence set in a school club or council, such as "The treasurer is accountable for every dollar the club spends."

Delegate is the verb on this sheet: to hand a task on. The noun, a person sent to speak for a group, is left out.

Questions and answers

What does it mean to delegate?

To delegate is to hand one of your own tasks to another person to do. A club president who asks a helper to count the ticket money has delegated that job, and is still accountable for the result.

What is the difference between a mentor and a role model?

A mentor is someone with more experience who gives you advice over time. A role model is anyone whose behavior you admire and try to copy. The word mentor comes from Mentor, a character in Homer's Odyssey.

What is the difference between a consensus and a majority?

A majority is more than half of a group: 13 of 24 members is one. A consensus is a view that the group as a whole has come to share, which takes discussion and not only a count.

What does integrity mean?

Holding to honest, moral principles and not letting go of them. The word has a second sense, wholeness, as in the structural integrity of a bridge.

All 36 terms

Key leadership words 12

A leader's qualities 12

Leading a group 12

How it works

Key leadership words first

The words of a meeting

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