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Increasing Critical Thinking in the Workplace: The Raw Material of 21st Century Success

 

Topic:

Increasing Critical Thinking in the Workplace: The Raw Material of 21st Century Success

Date:

January 20, 2011 at 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET

Description

How to Identify and Develop Employees Who Think Effectively and EfficientlySuccess in today’s tight economy is defined by making the right decisions, solving the problems that truly impede success, and anticipating the trends that are redefining the competitive landscape. The failures of AIG, Lehman Brothers, and General Motors are very public and painful reminders of what happens when people make poor decisions and management fails to consider all of the facets and implications of a decision. Organizations that attract, retain, and develop the best critical thinkers have a huge competitive advantage.

The Department of Labor identified critical thinking as the raw material that underlies fundamental workplace competencies, such as problem solving, decision making, planning, and risk management. Critical thinking is also rated the #1 skill of increasing importance over the next five years based on a national survey of employers. But how do you measure and increase it?

This session outlines how to systematically build critical thinking skills in an organization through selection, leadership development, high potential, and succession programs. Emphasis is placed on how to effectively measure critical thinking skills and increase capabilities.

This webcast has been approved for 1.0 General recertification credits by HRCI.

Who Should Participate

• Learning and Development Specialists
• HR Generalists
• Talent Management Specialists
• Heads of Operational Units

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What You Will Learn

• A model of critical thinking related to work
• How to assess the thinking skills of people who appear to have similar capabilities
• How to build critical thinking into development programs
• The ROI of increasing critical thinking

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Pearson TalentLens publishes scientific assessments for selection & development with a focus on 21st century skills. Our leading tools include the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal, Workplace Personality Inventory, and 20+ other trusted online assessments that predict job success and increase employee performance. Learn more at www.TalentLens.com.

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Read more about the importance of Critical Thinking in the workplace at Critical-Thinkers.com.

It’s All About Critical Thinking, Folks!

It has been quite a while since I posted here, and I apologize for my absence.  In the time since I blogged here last, I got married, which was quite an adventure for this ISTJ!  In fact, it deserves a post all by itself about getting through a wedding while being In The Grip.

In addition, I’ve been very active working with groups and organizations on integrating the Watson-Glaser II Critical Thinking Appraisal assessment into their training curriculum.  The longer I work with this tool and help companies design new activities, the more I realize “it’s ALL about critical thinking.”

If your new hires could only have ONE strong skill, what would it be?  For me- it’s critical thinking.  Scores on the Watson-Glaser correlate highly with overall job performance, cognitive ability, and career and educational achievement. 

So, while I’ve been absent on this blog, I have been writing quite a bit over at ThinkWatson.com and Critical-thinkers.com.  Here are a few of the most popular posts related to critical thinking…I hope you enjoy them, and stay tuned for my ultimate post-wedding blog on being In the Grip:

Critical Thinking Activity:  Choosing the Best Airline for Your Needs

Critical Thinking Exercise:  North Korea in the News

Are Women Better Critical Thinkers than Men?

Critical Thinking Challenge:  Join the TSA Body Scanner Debate

Critical Thinking Exercise:  Save the Economy

Howard Rheingold Speaks on Online Credibility and Social Media

How Can you Train Better Decision Making and Problem Solving?

Thinking versus Feeling Preference and Critical Thinking

It’s been a while since I posted here last, and I apologize for my absence.  I’m back and will be posting more regularly in the coming weeks.  No excuses, but I can explain where I’ve been for the past month.  I’ve been writing blog posts about Critical Thinking at http://critical-thinkers.com.  It’s my “new thing.”

One of my latest posts relates to personality type, so I thought I’d share it here as well.  I hope you enjoy the post and would love to hear your thoughts about Thinking versus Feeling and Critical Thinking.

“As someone who has been a fan of personality type for years and is a certified practitioner for both the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and Golden Personality Type Profiler, I am well-acquainted with the general message about personality type.  As you should learn in any personality type debrief, no personality type is good or bad.  In addition, no personality type is better than another.

However, based on studies conducted for the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal assessment, there is a very important difference between the critical thinking results for someone with a Thinking preference versus a Feeling preference…..”

READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE

Applied Critical Thinking Webinar (Watson-Glaser II Critical Thinking Appraisal)

I wanted to share a blog post my colleague Lizzie Pauker wrote recently after exhibiting at SIOP.

She announced an upcoming webinar on Applied Critical Thinking and the Watson Glaser II Critical Thinking Appraisal instrument.  Here are the details:

Who: Pearson & EDA are coming together to present “Applied Critical  Thinking” which is a free webinar through HR.com

What: During this webinar you will:

– Understanding the role critical thinking will play in business over the next few years

– Learn how to teach critical thinking with our proven RED model

– See the possible ROI when organizations implement our 3-phase approach

– Walk away with a technique you can use to apply critical thinking

When: April 27^th from 1pm – 2pm (EST)

Where: Register for free on HR.com or click here.

Why: Critical thinking is an essential skill for the workplace and this webinar will help you understand what it is and why you need it. Did I mention it’s free?

When Worlds Collide- Assessment Combines Critical Thinking and Personality

I just received this message from pan (a Talx company) promoting a new report that combines the results from Pearson TalentLens‘ Watson Glaser™ II Critical Thinking Appraisal and CPP’s CPI 260®.  I just love when two great things come together to make a fuller picture and eases the lives of HR professionals.

Here’s the scoop:

Critical Thinking & Personality

Complete the Leadership Picture

Are you ready to leverage the capabilities of your leadership team?  Do you have a way to identify High Potential Leaders and assess their strengths and weaknesses for future growth and succession planning?  In a fast paced world, organizations need to focus on the factors that are essential to effective executive talent:

1. Leadership (creating vision, empowering others)
2. Business Acumen
3. Strategy Execution
4. Leading/Managing Organizational Change
5. Talent Management (attracting, assessing, retaining)

The combination of Pearson’s Watson Glaser™ II Critical Thinking Appraisal and CPP’s CPI 260® provides you with the capability to measure these critical factors and help your leaders develop and strengthen their skills.

The Watson Glaser™ II Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCTA-II) targets an individual’s ability to recognize assumptions, evaluate arguments, and draw conclusions – all of which contribute to effective strategic thinking at the executive talent level. Consequently, the WGCTA-II is suitable for the selection and development of individuals who will be required to analyze business information, determine strategy, reduce risk, and maximize organizational performance.

The CPI 260® assesses 29 personality dimensions in five areas: Dealing with Others; Self-Management; Motivations and Thinking Style; Personal Characteristics; and Work-Related Measures.  In so doing, the CPI 260® facilitates the identification of thought leaders and the development of executive talent in the leaders that will carry your organization into the future.

The WGCTA-II and the CPI 260® assessments can now be ordered and administered together.  Your test takers will be presented with these assessments in a seamless and integrated testing experience. By assessing both reasoning and personality attributes, you can capture the complete leadership picture and depict results in ways that are suitable for both selection and development.

To learn more about the Watson-Glaser II & CPI 260® Bundles available on pan, please use the link below:

• http://www.panpowered.com/watsonglaserIIcpi260.asp

Or contact Debbie Hills at (317) 814-8853 or dhills@panpowered.com to set up a time to further discuss this powerful assessment battery with a pan Solutions Manager.

Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal, WGCTA^®, and WGCTA^® Logo are trademarks of NCS Pearson, Inc. registered in the United States of America and/or other jurisdictions.

CPI 260 is a registered trademark of CPP, Inc.