Critical Thinking: Tools for Effective Action
This 3-hour course includes 90 minutes of live online instruction and 90 minutes of self-directed learning.
Leaders need to be proactive in finding solutions to problems before they arise. Pinpointing opportunities for improvement through creative brainstorming, and logically evaluating options assists in decision making and avoiding issues before they develop. Apply proven tools to inspire your team to envision the possibilities!
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What You’ll Learn
You’ll learn how to come to reasonable solutions more quickly and creatively. Using the Critical Thinking Process introduced in the course, you’ll gather and interpret relevant information that leads to practical solutions. Through a proven process you’ll identify the root cause of your most pressing problems and evaluate the corrective measures that lead to breakthrough results.
Why You Want To Learn It
In today’s competitive environment, professionals who are both creative and logical in their thinking are in high demand. Complex business challenges call for people who can not only make decisions, but make the RIGHT decisions. Gain critical thinking skills and tools that make you a leader in the market place.
How It Will Help You
Employing innovative approaches for visualization and fact finding, you’ll identify root causes of problems. Understanding the problem is half the battle! Once you evaluate issues clearly, you’ll be ready to generate fruitful solutions and make decisions that transform your business.
Competencies
- Decision making: Chooses among courses of action by considering facts, risks, objectives, and priorities.
- Results-oriented: Passionate about accomplishments and dedicated to achieving goals and solving problems.
- Leadership: Drives business results by aligning the vision, mission, and values to enhance business value. Draws upon the unique talents and abilities of others to achieve desired results.
- Initiative: Proactively makes things happen. Evaluates and takes corrective action with self and others.
- Creative thinking: Takes a fresh perspective to situations and considers new ideas to resolve issues or make the most of opportunities.
Supplemental Resources
Business leaders around the world view critical thinking skills as essential and expect them to have increasing importance for workplace success in the years ahead. This whitepaper discusses recent research, reasons critical thinking is becoming more highly valued, and the key skills involved in doing it well. Read More >
Dale Carnegie Methodology
The Dale Carnegie® methodology is time-tested with thousands of testimonials attesting that it works. From the very start, on an individual level, you will set stretch goals and with the support of the social learning environment, the ‘in-the-moment’ coaching by the highly trained facilitators, the accountability to commitments, progress will be visible to yourself and others. In the Dale Carnegie® methodology, we focus on building strengths to overpower our weaknesses. We believe that everyone has inherent greatness, and it simply needs to be identified and nurtured.