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Critical Thinking

Demonstrate clearer and more effective critical thinking skills in your business role.

The Key Issues

As a manager in international company, you can’t make decisions just based on a hunch. You need to be able to think critically and analyse the situation before making a decision. You need to be able to translate an abstract idea into something tangible and and apply different models to make sure you think critically.

Critical thinking skills

Flexible mind-set

Understand thinking styles

Key Competences

Analytical & innovate thinking

Action planning using data

Drawing conclusions

The Right Programme for You

You are a manager or team leader and need to become a critical thinker and make better decisions in your role. You want to understand and learn how to do it, when to do it and why to do it.

Highlights

Get your personal “My Thinking Styles Assessment” which looks at your thinking style preferences.

Learn and use the RED model for critical thinking – Recognize assumptions, Evaluate assumptions, Draw conclusions.

Be able to recognise weak arguments and adapt your critical thinking to them.

Learn, Practice and Use

Programme Details

Critical Thinking is a 2 day face to face or 4 live online sessions hands-on training programme, highly interactive with exercises and role plays. The programme focuses on real world examples of why critical thinking is so important for managers today You learn how to use critical thinking skills to make the right business decisions and how to automatically use this in your day to day role.

Five Programme Modules

1 | Recognising the Value of Using Critical Thinking in Business

Defining critical thinking
Characteristics of effective critical thinkers
The role of critical thinking in meeting business challenges

2 | A Critical Thinking Process

Using a framework to relate critical thinking to business challenges
Describing critical thinking using the RED (Recognise assumptions, Evaluate arguments, Draw conclusions) Model
Positioning the RED Model within a critical thinking framework

3 | Obtaining Feedback on Your Critical Thinking Skills

Recognising the value of gaining insight into one’s critical thinking skills
Relating critical thinking skills to other business skills
Uses for the “My Thinking Styles” assessment
“My Thinking Styles” Development Report
Your personal “Thinking Styles” Development Report

4 | A Context for Critical Thinking

Identifying personal situations where critical thinking has been and could be used
Selecting techniques for using critical thinking skills and the RED model
Relating insight from your “Thinking Styles” report and feedback to a personal critical thinking situation

5 | Applying Critical Thinking Tools and Skills in Business Situations

Practising using critical thinking skills and techniques in a real business situation
Initial action plan for development of critical thinking skills

Faculty

Bettina
Hausmann

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2 days

€2,595

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09 Nov – 10 Nov 2026

Brussels, City Centre

€2,595

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4 sessions

€2,595

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05 Oct – 06 Oct 2026

4 sessions · CET

Mon 05 Oct 09:00 – 12:00
Mon 05 Oct 14:00 – 17:00
Tue 06 Oct 09:00 – 12:00
Tue 06 Oct 14:00 – 17:00

€2,595

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This programme is available as an In-Company solution for you teams.

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Date

Location

Attendance Fee

Status

09 Nov – 10 Nov 2026

Brussels, City Centre

€2,595

Scheduled

Date

Sessions

Attendance Fee

Status

05 Oct – 06 Oct 2026

4 sessions · CET

Mon 05 Oct 09:00 – 12:00
Mon 05 Oct 14:00 – 17:00
Tue 06 Oct 09:00 – 12:00
Tue 06 Oct 14:00 – 17:00

€2,595

Scheduled

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Company

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Testimonials

"“It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

Agata Kulik, Product Manager Special Salts, Jungbunzlauer Ladenburg GmbH, Germany”

“Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

Andreas Armenat, Head of Production, GO Generics & Standard Solutions, Fresenius Kabi AG, Germany

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

Alessandro Foresio, Vice President,
Logic S.p.A., Italy

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

Rosa Karen Schmidt, Senior VP-Assistant, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

"“It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

Agata Kulik, Product Manager Special Salts, Jungbunzlauer Ladenburg GmbH, Germany”

“Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

Andreas Armenat, Head of Production, GO Generics & Standard Solutions, Fresenius Kabi AG, Germany

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

Alessandro Foresio, Vice President,
Logic S.p.A., Italy

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

Rosa Karen Schmidt, Senior VP-Assistant, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

Testimonials

"“It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

Agata Kulik, Product Manager Special Salts, Jungbunzlauer Ladenburg GmbH, Germany”

“Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

Andreas Armenat, Head of Production, GO Generics & Standard Solutions, Fresenius Kabi AG, Germany

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

Alessandro Foresio, Vice President,
Logic S.p.A., Italy

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

Rosa Karen Schmidt, Senior VP-Assistant, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

"“It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

Agata Kulik, Product Manager Special Salts, Jungbunzlauer Ladenburg GmbH, Germany”

“Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

Andreas Armenat, Head of Production, GO Generics & Standard Solutions, Fresenius Kabi AG, Germany

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

Alessandro Foresio, Vice President,
Logic S.p.A., Italy

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

Rosa Karen Schmidt, Senior VP-Assistant, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

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Critical Thinking

The Key Issues

Critical thinking skills

Flexible mind-set

Understand thinking styles

Key Competences​

Analytical & innovate thinking

Action planning using data

Drawing conclusions

The Right Programme for You

Highlights

Learn and use the RED model for critical thinking – Recognize assumptions, Evaluate assumptions, Draw conclusions.

Be able to recognise weak arguments and adapt your critical thinking to them.

Learn, Practice and Use

Programme Details

Five Programme Modules

1 | Recognising the Value of Using Critical Thinking in Business

2 | A Critical Thinking Process

3 | Obtaining Feedback on Your Critical Thinking Skills

4 | A Context for Critical Thinking

5 | Applying Critical Thinking Tools and Skills in Business Situations

Faculty

BettinaHausmann

BettinaHausmann

BettinaHausmann

BettinaHausmann

BettinaHausmann

Upcoming Programmes

Contact Us

Contact Us

Testimonials

"“It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

“Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

Testimonials

"“It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

“Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

Other MCE Recommended Programmes

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Bettina
Hausmann

Bettina
Hausmann

Bettina
Hausmann

Bettina
Hausmann

Bettina
Hausmann