Critical Core Skills

Critical Core Skills

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Barriers to Critical Thinking: Being Human
The learner will explore basic human limitations that create barriers to critical thinking including...
Barriers to Critical Thinking: Errors in Judgment
The learners will explore the Errors in Judgment: Barriers to Critical Thinking and how it affects t...
Barriers to Critical Thinking: People-Related Obstacles
The learner will identify barriers to critical thinking related to internal and external factors aft...
Building Relationships Through Active Listening
Learners will examine the four steps to listen actively to improve relationships.
Communicating in the Workplace
The learner will compare the behaviors and situations that interfere with effective communication in...
Communication: Identifying Active and Passive Voice
The learner will identify active and passive voice and distinguish between the two.
Communication: The Writing Process
The learner will identify the three steps in the writing process and the elements in each step.
Double Trouble with Listening
The learner will be introduced to the seven common barriers of listening and evaluate a conversation...
Employability Essentials - Adapt to Change
You will understand why having the ability to adapt to change is an essential employment skill.
Employability Essentials -- Think Critically and Creatively
Critical and Creative thinkers remain competitive in the workforce. In this learning activity, user...
Following Instructions
The learner will understand the importance of following instructions.
Four Steps for Setting and Achieving Your Goals
You will learn four steps for good goal setting.
GO TEAM Problem-Solving Method for Teams
The learner will apply the GO TEAM method in a team environment to solve a problem.
Integrity in Work Teams
The learner will...identify the qualities of a person with integrity and the importance of integrity...
Intercultural Communication: Gestures
The learner will recognize common gestures and identify the meanings associated with those gestures...
Introduction to Ethics
The learner will identify the three general types of ethics.
Leaderless Teams
The learner will become familiar with eight principles of collaborative leadership to build a team w...
Lean Terminology
The learner will understand the meaning of terms and acronyms commonly used in a lean production sys...
Maintaining Motivation
The learner will explore the challenges commonly faced with remaining motivated and identify the obs...
Nonverbal Communication
The learner will identify effective and ineffective nonverbal communication.
Organizational Clue
The learner will observe disorganization in an office setting and choose solutions to the problems a...
Overcoming Barriers to Critical Thinking: Being Human
The learner will identify ways to overcome barriers to critical thinking and problem-solving includi...
Overcoming Barriers to Critical Thinking: People-Related Obstacles
The learner will identify techniques to use to overcome people-related barriers to critical thinking...
Perception - Understanding The World Around You
Learn the definition of perception, its process, and how it affects communication.
Problem Solving - Describing the Problem
The learner will understand how to measure a problem over time by using a common run chart to visual...
Problem Solving - Finding the Root Cause.
The learner will understand how to use a cause and effect diagram to find the root cause of a proble...
Problem Solving: Using a Decision Matrix
The learner will understand how to use brainstorming and a decision matrix to find the best solution...
Problem Solving: Using a Flow Chart
You will learn how to us a flow chart to describe the process actions and decisions to find a soluti...
Problem Solving: Using a Run Chart
You'll understand how to use a run chart to describe a manufacturing problem.
Productive Meetings
The learner will identify the steps for preparing and facilitating a team meeting.
Recharging Your Attitude
Learners will determine if they are satisfied with their attitudes and then rank tips for regaining ...
Seven Barriers to Listening
The learner will identify common barriers to effective listening.
Task Roles in Effective Teams
The learner will identify individual roles that help teams accomplish goals.
Teamwork Outside the Box
The learner will examine strategies for evaluating new ideas and accepting change that will enhance ...
The 8 Wastes of the Lean Production System
The learner identifies ways to eliminate or minimize wastes found in business processes. A quiz comp...
The Five Whys
The learner will explore the techniques used to identify cause-and-effect relationships of a particu...
The Reality of Sterotypes
In this learning activity, the user will understand how believing in and using common stereotypes ca...
The SMART Principle
Learners will examine how to use the SMART principle to make sure a goal is simple, measurable, real...
The THINK Principle
The learner will judge the respectfulness of a workplace communication.
Three Tips for Better Conflict Resolution
Learn three ways to help resolve conflicts.
Time Management
The learner will assess his or her time management strategies and study habits.
Use Your Learning Style to Boost Your Productivity
Learners will identify their learning styles and practice ways to retain information in class and on...
Value-Added vs. Non-Value-Added Activities
Learners identify value-added and non-value-added manufacturing processes.
What Type of Team Do You Belong To?
Are you a member of a fragmented, conflicted, or smooth- functioning team? Learn the characteristics...
Workplace Ethics: Enforcing Rules
This interactive study guide will help students to identify recommended processes for enforcing rule...
Workplace Safety
The learner will understand the importance of workplace safety and ways to create and maintain a saf...
Writing Effective Business Emails
The learner will study an effective workplace email being written while a narrator explains the step...
Writing Effective Instructions
The learner will distinguish effective from ineffective approaches to writing instructions.

Accepting Criticism
The learner will discover the possibilities involved with accepting and learning from criticism.
Communication: Avoiding Sentence Fragments
The learner will identify and correct sentence fragments.
Communication: Correcting Run-On Sentences
The learner will identify and correct run-on sentences.
Communication: Identifying Misplaced Modifiers 1
The learner will identify misplaced modifiers in a sentence.
Communication: Identifying Misplaced Modifiers 2
The learner will identify misplaced modifiers.
Communication: Noun-Pronoun Agreement 1
The learner will identify the correct pronoun to pair with the noun.
Communication: Noun-Pronoun Agreement 2
The learner will select the correct pronoun to pair with the noun.
Communication: Noun-Pronoun Agreement 3
The learner will identify the correct pronouns for the nouns used in sentences.
Communication: Practice Identifying Active and Passive Voice
The learner will identify active and passive voice.
Communication: Subject-Verb Agreement 1
The learner will identify the correct verb form for the subject of each sentence.
Communication: Subject-Verb Agreement 2
The learner will select the correct verb form.
Dealing with Change
The learner will identify ways to deal with the stress related to change.
Ethical Dilemma Decisions
The learner will understand what an ethical dilemma is and how to make the best decision when faced ...
Ethics in a Manufacturing Environment
The learner will be able to accurately recognize the applicable ethical issues specific to the manuf...
Ethics in the Workplace: Set 1
The learner will recognize unethical behavior in the workplace.
Ethics in the Workplace: Set 2
The learner will evaluate workplace scenarios and determine ethical behavior.
Leaderless Teams
The learner will be introduced to the eight principles of leaderless teams and learn how these princ...
Lean Terminology
The learner will identify terms commonly used in lean production systems.
Positive Team Skills
The learner will identify positive team skills including being fair, kind, honest, and a good organi...
Problem-Solving Techniques: Action Plans
The learner will understand the use and importance of an action plan as a problem-solving tool.
Problem-Solving Techniques: Creativity
The learner will understand the importance of using creative thinking as a problem-solving skill.
Problem-Solving Techniques: Teams vs. Individuals
The learner will identify the uses for teams in problem-solving and their qualities.
Problem-Solving Tools: Check Sheets
The learner will identify uses for the problem-solving tool check sheets.
Problem-Solving Tools: Classic Brainstorming
The learner will identify keys to successful brainstorming.
Problem-Solving Tools: Force Field Analysis
The learner will identify how to use force field analysis as a problem-solving tool.
Problem-Solving Tools: Picture Associations
The learner will identify the purpose of using picture associations as a creative problem-solving to...
Problem-Solving Tools: The Cause-and-Effect Diagram
The learner will identify the purpose and features of a cause-and-effect diagram.
Problem-Solving Tools: The Decision Matrix
The learner will identify uses for a decision matrix.
Problem-Solving Tools: The Pareto Chart
The learner will identify the purpose and uses of a Pareto chart.
Problem-Solving Tools: The Radar Chart
The learner will identify the use of a radar chart as a problem-solving tool.
Problem-Solving Tools: The Responsibility Matrix
The learner will identify the purpose and uses for a responsibility matrix.
Problem-Solving Tools: The Run Chart
The learner will identify the purpose of a run chart.
Problem-Solving Tools: The Scientific Method
The learner will understand the basic principles of the scientific method and how it can be used as ...
Problem-Solving: A Systematic Approach
The learner will understand the importance of work processes as part of the systematic problem-solvi...
The Four R's of Teamwork
The learner will identify positive team behaviors including respect, reliability, responsibility, an...
Workplace Ethics: Best Practices
The learner will be able to recognize best practices related to ethics in the workplace.
Writing Effective Business Emails
The learner will understand how to write an effective business email.
Written Communication in the Workplace
The learner will identify writing that is appropriate for business communication.