Critical Thinkng for Leaders

Getting Started

Research also has found that influencing people's emotional states

without conscious awareness may actually change first impressions

of neutral (expressionless) faces, causing faces to seem more or

less trustworthy and likable. "We do not passively detect

information in the world and then react to it

--

we construct

perceptions of the world as the architects of our own experience.

Our affective (emotional) feelings are a critical determinant of the

experience we create. That is, we do not come to know the w

orld

through only our external senses

--

we see the world differently

when we feel pleasant or unpleasant" (Siegel et al, 2018).

Here is an example of how this may apply to leaders in the

workplace: Assuming that the more complicated situations that

leader

s face, the more they may investigate or research solutions.

Rice University researchers George and Dane (2016) found that

moods influence how leaders explore and interpret research. These

researchers discovered that leaders who are in a negative frame of

mind likely are more focused when they are faced with making a

difficult and complex decision. On the other hand, leaders who feel

more positive or optimistic tend to be less focused in their

information search. While this example illustrates how moods may

influence decision making, George and Dane (2016) also pointed

out that the emotions of anger and regret also have impacts on

the decision making process of leaders.

1.

Review the information in the Getting Started and

Background Information sections.

2.

Watch

the video:

The Social Animal

(new tab)

, David Brooks

3.

Read the Fast Company article

This Is How Envy, Anger, and

Regret Affect Our Decisions at Work

(new tab)

4.

Complete the short video activity:

5.

You have a choice of two different ways to approach your initial post

(250

-

300 words). One option is to apply the discu

ssion topic below to

yourself in a leadership role. The other option is to apply the

discussion topic to a leader for whom you work or have worked. Then,

considering what you have learned from the videos and reading in this

workshop, as well as other resou

rces you have explored, describe a

situation when you (or a leader for whom you have worked) were

faced with a difficult decision. Explore in your posting how emotions

influenced not only the final decision, but the decision

-

making process.

How would you a

ssess the role that emotions played in the eventual

outcome? Based on what you know now, how might the situation have

Getting Started

Research also has found that influencing people's emotional states

without conscious awareness may actually change first impressions

of neutral (expressionless) faces, causing faces to seem more or

less trustworthy and likable. "We do not passively detect

information in the world and then react to it -- we construct

perceptions of the world as the architects of our own experience.

Our affective (emotional) feelings are a critical determinant of the

experience we create. That is, we do not come to know the world

through only our external senses -- we see the world differently

when we feel pleasant or unpleasant" (Siegel et al, 2018).

Here is an example of how this may apply to leaders in the

workplace: Assuming that the more complicated situations that

leaders face, the more they may investigate or research solutions.

Rice University researchers George and Dane (2016) found that

moods influence how leaders explore and interpret research. These

researchers discovered that leaders who are in a negative frame of

mind likely are more focused when they are faced with making a

difficult and complex decision. On the other hand, leaders who feel

more positive or optimistic tend to be less focused in their

information search. While this example illustrates how moods may

influence decision making, George and Dane (2016) also pointed

out that the emotions of anger and regret also have impacts on

the decision making process of leaders.

1. Review the information in the Getting Started and

Background Information sections.

2. Watch the video: The Social Animal(new tab), David Brooks

3. Read the Fast Company article This Is How Envy, Anger, and

Regret Affect Our Decisions at Work(new tab)

4. Complete the short video activity:

5. You have a choice of two different ways to approach your initial post

(250-300 words). One option is to apply the discussion topic below to

yourself in a leadership role. The other option is to apply the

discussion topic to a leader for whom you work or have worked. Then,

considering what you have learned from the videos and reading in this

workshop, as well as other resources you have explored, describe a

situation when you (or a leader for whom you have worked) were

faced with a difficult decision. Explore in your posting how emotions

influenced not only the final decision, but the decision-making process.

How would you assess the role that emotions played in the eventual

outcome? Based on what you know now, how might the situation have