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Unit 1, Task #5.2 Soul Of Communication

 As a future leader of the workplace, I feel that communication skills and critical thinking skills are worthy assets every employee should have. 


Good communication to me does not just only include getting your message across. It also means that among the parties involved, it is absolutely necessary that all are compatible with each other. With a well-suited team, one will then be able to get tasks done seamlessly, maximizing workplace effectiveness. As the leader, it is necessary to ensure that all your subordinates have received the correct message, and are on the right track towards the common goal.


Good communication also comes with good critical thinking skills. Critical thinking is to use multiple processes of reasoning to analyze a problem or given information at hand. Then, deciding what actions can be taken from there. Be it receiving a task from higher-ups, or receiving feedback from our own employees, a leader will always need to process the message that has been conveyed. Through the very essential critical thinking skills, we leaders would be able to carry out our job with ease. Therefore, I believe that the two concepts will always come hand in hand. 


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