Duration
2 Days
Course Cost: $1,095.00
Prerequisite
No
Overview
Learn how to weigh the alternatives, solve problems efficiently, develop logical explanations for your actions and explain them to others. By applying critical thinking to the tasks and challenges you face in your work, you will begin to experience breakthroughs you never thought possible. Here are proven techniques for building and expanding your thinking skills to fully consider all sides of an issue and anticipate a broader range of possibilities. This seminar will include several videotapes, as well as case studies and a self-scoring thinking-style assessment that will be administered in class.
Objective
Become familiar with different styles of thinking and identify your personal preferences
Ask yourself “big picture” questions
Learn how to challenge assumptions and expand perceptions about situations
Come to better conclusions and decisions more often
Influence and persuade others with clear thinking and clear language
Manage team idea exchanges
Learn how to find out what you don’t know—and solve the real problem
Apply what you learn to the day-to-day operation of your business Audience
Anyone
Content
Recognize the hallmarks of excellent critical thinking
Distinguish elements of the thinking process
Understand how critical thinking works in a team setting
Build a framework for integrating values and rational skills
Understand how critical thinking works in a team setting
Use active listening and effective communication strategies to build rapport while probing for assumptions
Understand Socratic dialogue techniques to develop a path to reasoned judgment
Discover your own thinking style preference
The four brain quadrants and their respective multiple intelligences
Build a metaphoric model for “thinking teams”
Perform contrastive analysis of individual thinking styles and data 
