Corporate / Group Training

Critical Thinking

Corporate Education Group, In Andover (+1 locations)
Length
1 Day; Two 3-3.5 hour sessions; Three 2-hour session
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Delivery
Classroom, Virtual Classroom
Length
1 Day; Two 3-3.5 hour sessions; Three 2-hour session
Next course start
Inquire for more information (+2 start dates)
Delivery
Classroom, Virtual Classroom
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Course description

This course will address the quest for better decisions, thinking/reasoning differently, responsibility management and decision making, and risk and other challenges to critical thinking. Participants will learn to apply broad knowledge and seasoned experience to address complex and critical issues.

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  • Classroom
  • Andover

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  • Virtual Classroom
  • Online

Training content

Module 1: Let’s Get Started

  • Exercise: Bad Decisions
  • Root Causes and Costs of Bad or Delayed Decisions

Module 2: Critical Thinking

  • Critical Thinking Defined
  • Setting the Stage: Mindset and Skills
  • Exercise: Devil’s Advocate
  • Critical Thinking Toolbox
    • Edward de Bono’s Six Hats
    • Richard Paul’s Four Types of Questions
    • Drill-Down
    • Systems Diagram/Argument Map
    • Cause and Effect Diagram
    • Exercise: Raid the Toolbox
    • Exercise: Critical Kaizen

Module 3: Decision Making

  • Decision Making Process
  • Exercise: Process Drill-Down
  • Decision Making Roles and Tools
  • Exercise: Take the Wheel for a Spin (Futures Wheel)

Module 4: Risk and Other Challenges

  • Challenges to Critical Thinking and Decision Making
  • Risk
  • Ethics
  • Personal Filters
  • Interpersonal Dynamics

Personal Action Plan

  • Create Your Personal Action Plan
  • Appendix: Toolkit

Post-Course Work

  • Meet with your manager to review what was learned in the course and your action plan
  • OPTIONAL:Group Coaching Sessions

Costs

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Certification / Credits

  • Define issues clearly, despite incomplete or ambiguous information.
  • Link problems and systems to identify and improve underlying strategic issues.
  • Analyze the available alternatives for other, more effective solutions.
  • Make difficult decisions with more confidence.

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Corporate Education Group
300 Brickstone Square - Suite 201
Andover MA 01810

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