A Short Guide to Building Your Team’s Critical Thinking Skills
by Matt Plummer
Summary .
With critical thinking ranking among the most in-demand skills for job candidates , you would think that educational institutions would prepare candidates well to be exceptional thinkers, and employers would be adept at developing such skills in existing employees. Unfortunately, both are largely untrue.
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