Discussion Forum

Question 1

Please respond to EACH of the following discussion topics and submit them to the discussion forum as a single post. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length.Then, make at least two thoughtful responses to your fellow students’ posts. If you haven’t recently, please review the Rules of Discussion.

Refer to this reading the class readings concerning the qualities of a critical thinker. Please address your thoughts about all of the questions below in your response.

Consider a career you are interested in (or your own current career). What does weak critical thinking look like? What does strong critical thinking look like?

In considering its applicability to a career, in what qualities of critical thinking do you find you have strengths?

When faced with a problem in life or in a career, what qualities of critical thinking do you think you can improve upon?

Question 2

Write a one to three (1-3) page paper in which you:

1. Describe your initial reaction to finding out your top five strengths.
2. Explain how your top five strengths relate to your leadership style. Determine how they relate to the key functions you would need to perform as a manager.
3. Determine what traits you need to work on the most to become a good leader. Then, explain whether these traits differ from the strengths you need to be a good manager.
4. Indicate which of your strengths you anticipate you will use the most in college or a future career.