Being a critical and creative thinker is essential in today’s workplace. It’s also crucial to your career success, regardless of your field or your position. Employers are looking for employees who can creatively problem solve to find answers that are best for both employees and the company.

You will learn how to us a flow chart to describe the process actions and decisions to find a solution.

Learners practice revising poorly written directions by applying criteria for giving directions.

The learner will identify the steps for preparing and facilitating a team meeting.

Learners read the legal definition of sexual harassment and then evaluate two situations to determine if the behavior should be reported as possible sexual harassment.

The learner will study an effective workplace email being written while a narrator explains the step-by-step process. The learner will distinguish the difference between poorly written and effectively written emails.

In this interactive object, learners identify the qualities of a person with integrity. They also list the qualities that they themselves possess.

In this interactive object, learners follow six steps for analyzing a process in a manufacturing setting. This activity includes a drag-and-drop exercise and textboxes where learners post their ideas.

In this interactive object, learners identify the feelings and values that motivate them and others to take responsibility for improving ethics in the workplace.

Observe disorganization in an office setting and choose solutions to the problems as if playing the board game "Clue."

Learners will examine the four steps to listen actively to improve relationships.

Learners practice techniques to remember names when being introduced to people. This activity has audio content.

Learners examine strategies for evaluating new ideas and accepting change. They consider a list of various reactions to change and a list of actions that enhance teamwork, and check those statements that apply to themselves.

Are you a member of a fragmented, conflicted, or smooth- functioning team? Learn the characteristics of each to build a stronger team.

The learner will assess his or her time management strategies and study habits.

The learner identifies ways to eliminate or minimize wastes found in business processes. A quiz completes the activity.

Learners examine the seven most common barriers to effective listening and consider suggestions for how to overcome these barriers. This interactive object contains audio.

The learner will explore the challenges commonly faced with remaining motivated and identify the obstacles that cause a loss of motivation.

Learners follow the progression of a sexual harassment situation and recount the steps the victim took to deal with the problem.

In this scenario, learners put themselves in the place of a safety director at a local company. They watch video of an injury-causing incident and propose changes to company policies and procedures to try to maintain a safe environment.

Learners will examine how to use the SMART principle to make sure a goal is simple, measurable, realistic, timely, and holds people accountable.

Learners watch a commercial for a fictitious product and pose questions to challenge the assumptions made in it.

Learners evaluate how well others describe their points of view in a workplace problem-solving situation. They then apply techniques for explaining their points of view as well as for gaining understanding of others' perspectives. This learning object contains audio.

Learners dissect a portion of a wordy document by summarizing and "chunking" related bits of information to find the important points.

The learner reviews steps in analyzing a process and applies them to a situation in his/her own work or personal life.