Critical Thinking Foundations

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We don't often think about our own thinking, but if we want to improve ourselves and truly think well, it's important to understand the rudiments of thought, the most basic structures out of which all thinking is made. A key factor in effective leadership is a high degree of metacognition — the process of thinking about one's thinking. When inbound marketers and salespeople develop more efficient metacognitive strategies, including awareness of the factors and conditions that influence their thinking, they are more positive, more effective, and able to achieve greater success.

Who is this for?
  • Marketers and Salespeople of All Levels
  • Job-Seekers
  • Supervisors and Managers
  • Beginner and Mid-Level Workers
What you'll learn
  • How to to articulate the importance of metacognition and how self-reflection can be cultivated to boost creativity, well-being, and lead to better problem-solving. ​
  • How to cultivate various positive thinking dispositions to guide intellectual behavior, and identify different learning styles and multiple intelligences to improve self-learning and facilitate better relationships with others. ​
  • How to to identify a variety of fallacies and cognitive biases to improve thinking and decision-making.
Includes
    4 Videos
    1 Quiz
    29 min
  • Inbound Marketing
Lesson description
We don't often think about our own thinking, but if we want to improve ourselves and truly think well, it's important to understand the rudiments of thought, the most basic structures out of which all thinking is made. A key factor in effective leadership is a high degree of metacognition — the process of thinking about one's thinking. When inbound marketers and salespeople develop more efficient metacognitive strategies, including awareness of the factors and conditions that influence their thinking, they are more positive, more effective, and able to achieve greater success.

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Instructors

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Crystal King

Senior Professor

HubSpot Academy

Crystal King is a Senior Professor for HubSpot Academy with a focus on social media strategy. Crystal has led global social media and community programs for companies such as Pegasystems, Keurig, CA Technologies and Sybase. She has taught classes in writing, creativity and social media at Harvard Extension School, Boston University, Mass College of Art, UMass Boston and GrubStreet, one of the leading creative writing centers in the US. Crystal received her masters in critical and creative…

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