Critical Thinking

Issues Identification

Understand effective issues identification practices to determine and manage issues.
Able to identify and track emerging issues in light of project goals, resources and stakeholder interests.
Able to facilitate processes to identify issues and seek input, categorize, analyze and report on issues.

Problem Solving and Decision-Making

Understand effective problem-solving and decision-making practices and underlying values and potential ethical issues.
Able to define problems and identify viable options and possible solutions.
Able to relate activities in one area to others and assess potential for the integration of ideas.
Able to pull together diverse ideas, issues and observations into a simple, clear and useful analysis and/or presentation.
Able to support complex decision-making.

Research and Analytical

Understand methods and practices to find relevant information and conduct an analysis.
Able to compare and integrate data from various sources and identify cause/effect relationships.
Able to analyze results effectively.
Able to evaluate results.

Innovation and Creativity

Understand and encourage practices to support innovation and creativity in work environments.
Use innovation and creative practices and tools to facilitate decision-making.

Political Awareness

Understand political motives, issues and actions.
Actively follow political trends, issues and activities.
Demonstrate awareness of how political trends, issues and activities influence decision-making.

Change Management