Critical Thinkng for Leaders
Student 2025
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Early last year, At one time, I was late for work, and it was raining. Upon reaching the parking lot, a car from nowhere speeds around me and takes the only remaining spot near the building entrance. At this time, I am forced to park at the back, where I get soaked to the skin before reaching the building. This made me quite angry since I had hoped to park near the building to save myself from the pouring rain.
To make matters worse, the person who had taken my spot was sitting comfortably in the vehicle scrolling his phone, which made me wonder why he had to ruin my morning, yet he seemed not to be in a hurry. Upon arriving at the office, my new superior called me in his office to discuss an urgent matter. After listening to him, I noticed that he wanted my suggestion on the right person to temporarily promote in the marketing department, now that the marketing manager was on paternity leave. Given that he was new in the organization and was not well conversant with most employees, he relied on my opinion to make the final decision. Even without giving it much thought, I suggested one of my close colleagues who worked in the department. In the long run, the temporary appointment of my friend as the head of the department only led to chaos and disagreements since members of the department believed that the department had other competent employees who could have been given the position. In this situation, I allowed my emotions (anger) to cloud my final decision on who should be promoted in the department. I let my rational feelings guide my decision, which turned out to be a poor decision (Ghosh & Huang, 2019). Based on what I know now, I could have consulted department members on their preferred candidate, which would have resulted in a more favorable outcome.
Reference
Ghosh, A., & Huang, S. (2019, July). Influence of Emotions in Shaping Decisions. In 2019 IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON) (pp. 110-116). IEEE.
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2.2 discussion
Student’s Name
Course
Professor
Date
Early last yea
r,
At one time, I was late for work, and it was raining. Upon
reaching the parking lot, a car from nowhere speeds around me and takes the only remaining
spot near the building entrance. At thi
s time, I am forced to
park at the back, where I get
soaked to the skin before reaching the building. This made me quite angry since I had hoped
to park near the building
to save
myself from the pouring rain.
To make matters worse, the person who had taken my spot was
sitting comfortably in the
vehicle scrolling his phone, which made me wonder why he had to ruin my morning, yet he
seemed not to be in a hurry.
Upon arriving at
the office, my
new
superio
r called me in his
1
2.2 discussion
Student’s Name
Course
Professor
Date
Early last year, At one time, I was late for work, and it was raining. Upon
reaching the parking lot, a car from nowhere speeds around me and takes the only remaining
spot near the building entrance. At this time, I am forced to park at the back, where I get
soaked to the skin before reaching the building. This made me quite angry since I had hoped
to park near the building to save myself from the pouring rain.
To make matters worse, the person who had taken my spot was sitting comfortably in the
vehicle scrolling his phone, which made me wonder why he had to ruin my morning, yet he
seemed not to be in a hurry. Upon arriving at the office, my new superior called me in his
