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Critical thinking is something everyone does â to some degree or another â in their professional and personal lives. Almost all of your everyday activities require you to seek information, analyze alternatives, assess the alternatives, and reach some conclusion. And all of these processes are part of critical thinking. Thinking plays a powerful role in your life â it determines how you feel, what you do, and what you want. Improving the quality of your thinking, then, improves your life â helping you to achieve your goals, make better decisions, and take charge of...
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Critical thinking is useful for examining an issue or problem logically. This Challenge Series product explores applying the critical thinking process.
Target Audience
Mid- to upper-level managers and executives; all high potentials and fast trackers, including individual contributors.
Expected Duration (hours)
0.2
Lesson ObjectivesCritical Thinking
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Making decisions in your personal and professional life is not always easy, especially when you're dealing with an uncertain or unknown future. And there are many situations that can make decision making particularly challenging, such as when you have to weigh very similar or very disparate alternatives then make compromises and trade-offs between them. Another situation is when you have to determine whether to trust logic, intuition, or some combination of the two. This course reviews a number of these decision-making challenges and introduces strategies for dealing...
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To emphasize the need of a formal decision-making process, C. Wright Mills, an American sociologist and author, once said, 'Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them â and then the opportunity to choose.' It's been estimated that most human beings make thousands of decisions in the course of an average day, many of which are unconscious decisions. It is important for your personal and...
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Napoleon Bonaparte once said, 'Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.' Good decision making means choosing the course of action that optimizes the return on your investment of resources. But before you can make a good decision, you need to first identify and evaluate your alternatives. Fortunately, a number of tools and techniques are available that can help you to formalize the process of identifying alternatives, carefully evaluating them, and finally making the best decision possible with the information available to you....
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Become a better employee by understanding that honoring shared values and beliefs will gain you a reputation for being responsible, fair, honest, and respectful. These are essential qualities for both personal and professional success. Following a personal code of ethics is a good way to apply ethical principles and to ensure your reputation and integrity in the workplace are uncompromised. Many companies provide their employees with a formal code of conduct, but you can also develop your own code by clarifying your ethical principles and applying guidelines for behaviors...
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What does it mean to be decisive? Decision makers come in all shapes and forms and work at all levels of an organization. It's not only CEOs and managers who must be effective decision makers â all employees should have the character traits necessary to make timely and appropriate decisions to enhance organizational success. This course examines steps in the decision-making process, followed by an introduction to the character traits that will help employees build confidence and make better decisions. The course also examines what to do after a decision has been made...
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Some people seem to rise effortlessly through the ranks of the organization. You might equate this success with natural ability, talent, and business acumen. However, there's often another story behind this success: the challenges and the setbacks that had to be overcome, and the approach that led to achievement. Because setbacks are an inevitable part of daily life, you must develop an attitude of perseverance and resilience in order to reach your goals. From changes in the economic climate to the loss of working resources, setbacks are challenges you encounter and must...
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In today's workplace, it's often true that we can't accomplish complex projects on our own. This Challenge Series exercise explores how developing competency in organizational agility can assist in tackling short-term issues, and support long-term growth. The learner plays the role of a corporate finance professional at an electronics company.
Target Audience
Any individuals interested in developing their ability to work with organizational agility
Expected Duration (hours)
0.2
Lesson ObjectivesDeveloping Organizational Agility
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Cultivating relationships with your work peers can lead to success for you as an individual and for your organization as a whole. Developing a supportive peer network can provide you with access to a wide variety of expertise and institutional knowledge and it enables you to leverage other people's networks. Because every workplace has its own dynamic, you need to develop a better awareness of your environment. This course explores how you can identify the peers in your organization who are especially important in meeting your goals and it shows you how to develop solid,...
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