Critical Thinking: The soul of communication

 

As a future leader in the workplace, I feel that communication and critical thinking are essential skills that everyone in the workforce should have. I also believe that communication is one of the necessary skills to have in order to be a successful leader.

Communication to me, as a leader, is not just giving instructions to my team members and expecting them to follow blindly. It is about making sure your team gets the correct message and understands what is going on. When there is a lack of communication, crucial data often gets misinterpreted and may create more trouble. Thus, it is important to know how to communicate with different individuals.

Critical thinking is also important to becoming a successful leader. Being able to analyse and evaluate data to come up with a solution, it allows us to have a clear thought process. This clear thought process will then allow us to convey our message to other individuals with clarity.

Without critical thinking, there will be no communication. Thus, critical thinking is the soul of communication and they will be highly treasured in the workplace.

Edited 5 Sept

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