Critical thinking is the mental process that individuals go through to reach an answer or a conclusion. The critical thinking process can be a valuable tool in problem-solving and decision-making. Here we look at some of the techniques involved.
Hear how Bill McDermott used traits such as empathy and authenticity to work his way up from lowly sales trainee to CEO of SAP, the world's largest business software company.
What unconscious bias is, and how to keep your own biases under control.
Being faced with the task of choosing from a host of possible options is intrinsic to the decision-making process. This exercise explores how your team tackles such a situation. Allow around an hour for completion.
Here we offer some straightforward, practical advice on how you can maximise team performance.
A practical framework to help you address difficult performance issues with confidence.
We outline some social pressures that can occur in a group situation to impact the effectiveness of team decision-making and suggest strategies to overcome these.
This lively group exercise examines how creative ideas can be constrained, freed or organised by giving each subgroup a different instruction on how to organise a task. Allow an hour for completion.
Virtual team-building exercises have real-world impact. They improve communication and collaboration, and increase trust, productivity and engagement.
In this article we look at why praise is so important, what impact it can have on workplace behaviour and performance, and what the research tells us about delivering praise.
Assumption Based Planning (ABP) is a planning and decision-making tool developed by James A Dewar of the Rand Corporation.
Our values, beliefs and attitudes shape us as people. They guide us when creating relationships and in our interactions and discussions with others. In this article we look at how our principles can both help and hinder us in our day to day lives.
