Critical Thinking

Do you think critical thinking is important in developing as a leader?
There are a lot of personality traits, different qualities and aspects that a leader needs to have within him/her, in order to be an efficient, effective and a true leader. The set of personas are in born, it is not something that develops as the time passes by. When we look around in the history, we will realize the fact that different leaders had different qualities, merits and attributes, yet, they all proved to be equally effective. Every leader however, came or comes across different circumstances where they had to lead a specific segment of the societies. For instance, a leader of political party will have different goals and targets as compared to the leader of some corporate office. However, one similarity among leaders is that they have to make decisions and those to in testing times and in quick manner, based on challenges they are up to.
In decision making, critical thinking plays a very vital role. It takes into account every aspect of a particular situation.
As defined by Browne and Keeley, Critical thinking is a process that begins with an argument and progresses toward evaluation. The process is activated by three interrelated activities:
a. Asking key questions designed to identify and assess what is being said,
b. Answering those questions by focusing on their impact on stated inferences, and
c. Displaying the desire to deploy critical questions.
According to Robert Ennis, critical thinking is “reflective reasoning about beliefs and actions. Critical thinking is reasonable reflective thinking focused on deciding what to believe or do.”
Leaders just don’t have to make decisions quickly, but they also have to ensure that their decisions are...

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Based on the above stated facts, I strongly believe that critical thinking is dominant factor in establishing a leader’s success, especially in a fast aced and increasingly complex environment. In a world of constant change one needs powerful tools for coping with the challenges. Having experience of resolving certain problem historically, cannot guarantee success in the future. This is because there are a lot of changes that are going around. The ability to cope with such challenges and in continuous manner makes up a true leader. It is the leader’s ability to hypothesize, create, and evaluate information to reach the proper decision. Critical thinking is one of the main attribute that constitutes effective leadership as it assists in effective decision making. It presents the entire picture and enables the leader to evaluate all of the information.