“Critical Thinking: The Soul of Communication”

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The key to becoming an outstanding leader is always about communication skills. Effective leadership communication is an absolute basis for business success. Being a leader, good communication skill is a must. Instructions were passed down by the higher management, a leader ensures that the correct things were done, and the team were in the right direction. As a leader, you need to think with clarity, express your ideas and deliver the message to the teams. Good and clear communication skills build trust between the employee and the employer and also promotes employee collaboration and teamwork. 

Other than communication skills, critical thinking is another skill that must be acquired in leaders. Critical thinking allows the leader at different levels to evaluate their decisions. Inspired others to be critical thinkers will make them more effective and efficient. If a leader is equipped with poor communication skills and bad critical thinking, he/she will not able to inspire other members, ideas and instructions may not be followed promptly. Such action may result in loss of business revenue. Hence, I Strongly believed that communication and critical thinking are 2 main factors that will impact my future role as a leader in the workplace.

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