After this chapter the student should have acquired the following knowledge and skills: Turn a group of individuals into a collaborative team that achieves high performance through shared mission and collective responsibility; develop and apply the personal qualities of effective team leadership for traditional, virtual, and global teams;...
Art of Leadership & Motivation HRM – 760 Lecture 11 FACILITATOR Prof Dr Mohammad Majid Mahmood Critical Thinking – a critical skill for effective leaders A Necessary Condition to the Development of Critical Thinking is: A Questioning Mind! Language • The landscape of the mind • The software of the brain Language • Words can have two kinds of meaning: – Denotative – Connotative • What does each mean? Language • Denotative: – Dictionary meaning: What is an apple? • edible, usually rounded fruit. Language • Connotative: – Suggestions beyond the dictionary meanings What do you think of when you hear the word apple? Language • Food, Pie, a computer, keeps the doctor away, etc METACOGNITION “Until you KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW’ you not own your knowledge, and so you not know anything.” Classification of Brain Left Brain Thinking Logical one thing at a time sequential operation writing & symbols mathematical spoken memory Right Brain Thinking Emotional integrating inputs dreams holistic solutions intuition visualizing Springer, S., & Deutsch, G. (1993). Left brain, right brain (4th ed.). New York: W. H. Freeman and Co. Developing Critical Thinking Skills Interpretation – clarifying meaning Developing Critical Thinking Skills Analysis – examining ideas, identifying arguments, analyzing arguments Developing Critical Thinking Skills Evaluation – assessing claims, assessing arguments Developing Critical Thinking Skills Inference – drawing conclusions Developing Critical Thinking Skills Explanation – stating results, justifying procedures, presenting arguments Developing Critical Thinking Skills Self-regulation – self examination, self correction Challenges/Barriers to Critical Thinking “It’s true because I believe it” (innate egocentrism) “It’s true because we believe it” (innate sociocentrism) “It’s true because I want to believe it” (innate wish fulfillment) “It’s true because I have always believed it.” (innate self validation) “It’s true because it is in my selfish interest to believe it.” (innate selfishness) Thinking & Winning • Your Mind is Your Most Important Weapon: – With a good one, other weapons are more useful, sometimes unnecessary – With a poor one, other weapons are useless to achieve victory – Exercise your brain as well as your body Thinking & Winning • You are only as good as your mindit is your best weapon for survival • Knowledge is a force multiplier and the key to successful adaptation • Learn how to learn for yourself So . . • You must PRACTICE good thinking skills—they don’t happen by accident • If you don’t do it, it won’t get done • If not now, when? If not here where? If not you, who? Characteristics of Critical Thinkers: • • • • • Strive for understanding Are honest with themselves Base judgment on evidence Are interested in other people’s ideas Control their feelings/emotions Characteristics of Critical Thinkers: • They keep an open mind • They are highly observant • Identify key issues and raise questions • Obtain relevant facts • Evaluate findings and form judgments Conclusion In thinking critically, we take command of the meanings we create “Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things … I am tempted to think … there are no little things” Bruce Barton Thank you Thank you for your kind attention! for your kind attention! FACILITATOR Prof. Dr. Mohammad Majid Mahmood Bagram ... to the Development? ?of? ? Critical Thinking is: A Questioning Mind! Language • The landscape? ?of? ?the mind • The software? ?of? ?the brain Language • Words can have two kinds? ?of? ?meaning: – Denotative... Focusing on one detail of a situation and ignoring the larger picture Overgeneralization Drawing broad conclusions on the basis of a single incident COMPONENTS? ?OF? ? CRITICAL THINKING Critical... Springer, S., & Deutsch, G. (1993). Left brain, right brain (4th ed.). New York: W. H. Freeman? ?and? ?Co. Brain Fitness Like the body, the brain has its own form? ?of? ?fitness or excellence. To achieve brain fitness, the brain must learn to: take charge? ?of? ?itself, energize itself,