Critical Thinking Skills: Prevent Mistakes Now

Overview

What were they thinking?  Why do some people make horrible decisions that severely damage themselves and their organizations?  It is tempting to assume that a poor choice must be due to a leader’s incompetence, inexperience, bad character, or low intelligence – but such easily attributed factors generally aren’t the true cause when leaders blunder.  In such situations, many turn to finance and accounting professionals for evaluation, answers, remedies, and solutions for improved decision-making.

Highlights

• Critical Thinking
• Communication

Prerequisites

Some management experience helpful

Designed For

Those who are, or aspire to be, business decision-makers

Objectives

• Identify cognitive bias
• Test assumptions
• Learn to listen to dissenting viewpoints
• Work with imperfect information
• Prevent failure through experimentation

Preparation

None