Critical Thinking Skills Instructor-Led Training

Unlock Confident Decision Making with Critical Thinking Skills

In today's fast-paced workplace, decisions often have to be made quickly, effectively, and without doubt. It is increasingly important for employees to be able to think critically on their own. When employees excel at critical thinking, they can assess all possible approaches to a problem and choose the best solution confidently and calmly.

Executives repeatedly highlight critical thinking skills as a sought-after trait in new hires and current employees. The AMA Critical Skills Survey asked 2,115 managers and executives to assess the importance of critical thinking skills. Seventy-two percent agreed that current employees' success is measured by their critical thinking skills. When asked if their organizations make an effort to assess critical thinking when hiring new employees, 76% said yes.

Participants will learn the components of critical thinking and how to avoid blocks to critical thinking. As a result, they will be able to think more creatively and independently, make better decisions by problem solving systematically, identify the value of ideas, and reach well-reasoned conclusions. This three-hour program offers workplace tips, self-assessment exercises, real-life scenarios, practice activities, and more.

Key Topics of the Critical Thinking Skills Course

• How critical thinking enables you to think creatively, solve problems systematically, and detect inconsistencies in reasoning.
• The Johari Window of Awareness.
• Critical thinking mistakes like rationalization, emotional thinking, forms of bias, and tunnel vision.
• How examination, exploration, and evaluation can be used to heighten your critical thinking.

Participants Will Learn

• How to define critical thinking.
• To identify and adopt the characteristics of critical thinking.
• How to recognize and avoid critical thinking mistakes.
• To identify assumptions and evaluate information accurately and thoroughly.
• How to distinguish between fact and opinion.
• How to implement the critical thinking process in business situations.

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