Women Empowerment – Workshop 8 (Critical Thinking)
The Appleton Greene Corporate Training Program (CTP) for Women Empowerment is provided by Ms. Tull Certified Learning Provider (CLP). Program Specifications: Monthly cost USD$2,500.00; Monthly Workshops 6 hours; Monthly Support 4 hours; Program Duration 12 months; Program orders subject to ongoing availability.
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Learning Provider Profile
Ms. Tull is a Certified Learning Provider (CLP) with Appleton Greene. She has over 25 years of experience in coaching, consulting and training CEO’s and executives. She specializes in the areas of personal and professional development and leadership. She is passionate about empowering women in the workplace equipping them with leadership skills and helping them to reveal their unique value, so they can reach their true potential and make a bigger impact. She has industry experience in the following sectors: Technology, Financial Services, Biomedical, Consultancy and Healthcare. She has commercial experience in the following countries: United States, Canada, England, Mexico and Sweden. More specifically within the following cities: Austin, TX; Houston, TX; Dallas, TX; Los Angeles, CA; New York City NY; St. Louis, MS; Virginia Beach, VA; Chicago IL. Her personal achievements include 17 yrs. as Founder/CEO of Silverlining Concepts, LLC where she empowers business owners and leaders to own their value and earn their worth, Certified Money Breakthrough Method Coach, Best-selling Author of a book about owning your value, so you can earn your worth in the workplace, Executive Contributor to Huffington Post, Biz Journals and Brainz Magazine, featured on the Brainz 500 Global list 2021. She also is a co-host on a national TV show- that focuses on bringing more light and positivity to the world. Her service skills include; leadership development, executive coaching, business strategy, sales and marketing strategies, mindset shifting and advanced communications and presentation skills.
MOST Analysis
Mission Statement
Hone Your Critical Thinking with Problem Solving, Risk-Taking and Decision- Making Skills – As leaders there are often times that we are feeling overwhelmed. What if you could learn a process for thinking to make better decisions and create better solutions? In this training, you’ll learn and practice techniques to generate breakthrough ideas and solve your most pressing problems. In these highly competitive and fast-moving times pushing the boundaries; personal, team, and organization is not an option, but a necessity. Leaders who want to achieve success understand that taking risk is an essential part of achieving results. We will help you discover your ‘risk tolerance’ and learn a 5-step process to start implementing your ideas by taking calculated risks. You will also become a confident decision maker, knowing within a matter of minutes what action to take in any situation that presents itself to you!
Objectives
01. Thinking Concepts: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
02. Types of Thinking: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
03. Thinking Process: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
04. Critical Thinking: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
05. Strategic Thinking: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
06. Positive Thinking: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
07. Problem Solving: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. 1 Month
08. Solving Strategies: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
09. Decision Making: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
10. Risk Management.: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
11. Intuitive Decisions: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
12. Leadership Thinking: departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development. Time Allocated: 1 Month
Strategies
01. Thinking Concepts: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
02. Types of Thinking: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
03. Thinking Process: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
04. Critical Thinking: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
05. Strategic Thinking: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
06. Positive Thinking: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
07. Problem Solving: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
08. Solving Strategies: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
09. Decision Making: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
10. Risk Management.: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
11. Intuitive Decisions: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
12. Leadership Thinking: Each individual department head to undertake departmental SWOT analysis; strategy research & development.
Tasks
01. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Thinking Concepts.
02. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Types of Thinking.
03. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Thinking Process.
04. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Critical Thinking.
05. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Strategic Thinking.
06. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Positive Thinking.
07. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Problem Solving.
08. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Solving Strategies.
09. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Decision Making.
10. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Risk Management.
11. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Intuitive Decisions.
12. Create a task on your calendar, to be completed within the next month, to analyze Leadership Thinking.
Introduction
The ability to analyze information objectively and make a reasoned judgment is referred to as critical thinking. It entails assessing sources such as data, facts, observable phenomena, and research findings.
To solve problems or make decisions, good critical thinkers can draw reasonable conclusions from a set of information and distinguish between useful and less useful details. Employers value the ability to think critically—find out why and see how you can demonstrate it throughout the job application process.
Employers seek candidates who can evaluate a situation logically and offer the best solution.
Someone with critical thinking skills can be trusted to make decisions on their own and does not require constant supervision.
Hiring a critical thinker eliminates the need for micromanagement. Critical thinking abilities are highly valued in almost every industry and workplace. You can demonstrate critical thinking by including relevant keywords in your resume, cover letter, and interview.
Critical thinking is a self-correcting procedure that requires a commitment to gaining a deeper understanding of what matters. To improve one’s thought process, logical reasoning is required. The process benefits the thinker by forcing him to look beyond the obvious reasons for the answers, which aids in the development and strengthening of cognitive skills.
The value of critical thinking is that it promotes making sound decisions, understanding the consequences of our actions, and seeking rational explanations in order to improve our intellectual self-improvement. This is possible because the emphasis has shifted from emotions and assumptions to facts, figures, evidence, data, and information.
Critical thinking is widely recognized as an educational goal. Its definition is contested but competing definitions can be understood as different perspectives on the same fundamental concept: careful thought directed toward a goal. Conceptions differ in terms of the scope of such thinking, the type of goal, the criteria and norms for careful thought, and the thinking components on which they concentrate. Its adoption as an educational goal has been recommended on the grounds of respecting students’ autonomy and preparing students for life success and democratic citizenship. “Critical thinkers” have the dispositions and abilities to think critically when necessary.
The abilities can be identified directly; the dispositions can be identified indirectly by considering what factors help or hinder the exercise of the abilities. Standardized tests have been developed to assess the degree to which such dispositions and abilities exist in a person. Experimentally, educational intervention has been shown to improve them, particularly when it includes dialogue, anchored instruction, and mentoring. The generalizability of critical thinking across domains, alleged bias in critical thinking theories and instruction, and the relationship of critical thinking to other types of thinking have all sparked debate.
The term “critical thinking” to describe an educational goal dates back to the American philosopher John Dewey (1910), who called it “reflective thinking” more commonly. He defined it as follows:
Any belief or supposed form of knowledge must be actively, persistently, and carefully considered in light of the grounds that support it. (Dewey 1910: 6; 1933: 9)
The further conclusions that it tends to lead to and identified a habit of such thought with a scientific mindset. His extensive quotations of Francis Bacon, John Locke, and John Stuart Mill show that he was not the first to advocate for the development of a scientific mindset as an educational goal.
In the Critical Thinking Workshop, we will hone our critical thinking with problem solving, risk-taking and decision- making skills. As leaders there are often times that we are feeling overwhelmed. What if you could learn a process for thinking to make better decisions and create better solutions? In this training, you’ll learn and practice techniques to generate breakthrough ideas and solve your most pressing problems. In these highly competitive and fast-moving times pushing the boundaries; personal, team, and organization is not an option, but a necessity. Leaders who want to achieve success understand that taking risk is an essential part of achieving results. We will help you discover your ‘risk tolerance’ and learn a 5-step process to start implementing your ideas by taking calculated risks. You will also become a confident decision maker, knowing within a matter of minutes what action to take in any situation that presents itself to you!
Executive Summary
Critical thinking is the ability to reason, understand the logical relationship between ideas, and focus on important issues in order to avoid future problems and encourage thoughtful decisions. The importance of critical thinking is that it fosters an individual’s reasoning ability. It assists him in becoming an active learner rather than a passive receiver of any relevant data and information.
A key characteristic of the critical thinker is that he will not accept anything at face value. Instead, he will call into question previously held assumptions, resulting in findings that paint an entirely new picture.
Understanding, identifying, analyzing, constructing, evaluating, and then systematically solving problems are all part of the critical thinking process, rather than instincts or intuition. The procedure is all about rational thought and reasoning, not emotions. Logic and creativity are two of its most powerful pillars, and they are widely used to improve creativi