Toastmasters Competent Leadership Manual (CL Manual) details various skills which are essential for developing great leadership skills. The second project talks about critical thinking as a leadership skill:
Paramount among the characteristics of critical thinkers are the ability to determine the quality of ideas, to distinguish between fact and opinion, and to use logical analysis to reach conclusions.
Critical thinkers also use information in several ways, including:
A successful leader gathers information, then carefully analyzes, interprets, and understands it before acting. This process is called critical thinking. Critical thinking is about how to approach problems, questions, and issues (Toastmasters International - CL).The CL manual then highlights essential skills of critical thinkers, and offers tips on how to think critically...
Paramount among the characteristics of critical thinkers are the ability to determine the quality of ideas, to distinguish between fact and opinion, and to use logical analysis to reach conclusions.
Critical thinkers also use information in several ways, including:
- interpreting meaning in experiences, situations, data, and judgments,
- identifying relationships among the above,
- assessing credibility of information,
- and inferring hypotheses and/or deducing outcomes of data or events.
We can improve our critical thinking skills by:
- being informed,
- refraining from making decisions too early,
- keeping an open mind,
- asking questions,
- being honest about your own biases,
- weighing opinion against facts,
- being persistent,
- being organized,
- and considering and analyzing all options
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