21^st Century Skills: Can You Develop Creative and Critical Thinking Skills in the Workplace?

Workplace surveys continue to confirm an increasing skill gap in 21^st Century skills. Of these skills, critical thinking has been identified as the most crucial to workforce preparedness and business success today and in the future. The reason critical thinking skills are taking on greater importance is in large part because of the rapid pace of change in business, followed by global competitiveness. Businesses are challenged with hiring and developing employees at every level of the organization who can think critically, solve problems and innovate.

Can critical thinking skills be developed or are people born with them? What can organizations do to foster and develop critical thinking skills? Dr. Bill Haney, an authority on creative and critical thinking skills, will lead you through an assessment and challenge of your own critical thinking skills, while teaching you what you can do to develop them in others.

Dr. Bill Haney

Dr. Bill Haney is the Lead Professor for the Undergraduate and Graduate Programs in Organizational Leadership at Brenau University, and the former Dean of the College of Business and Mass Communication. He earned a M.S. degree in Counseling Psychology and Human Systems from Florida State University. He also holds an M.B.A. degree from Golden Gate University with an emphasis in Management, and a Ph.D. in Higher Education with an emphasis in Business Administration from Florida State University. Dr. Haney teaches in the areas of Organizational Behavior, Cultural Diversity, Human Resource Management, Team Building, Critical Thinking, Leadership, International Business, Managerial Communication, and Management Principles. He is a private consultant, and licensed clinical psychotherapist (Florida).

We have a new title that we feel is more inclusive, but please don't get confused. We still meet in Gwinnett and serve the NE Atlanta/Gwinnett/Athens to Forsyth area. Please join us!

We have a new location, still in Gwinnett and still easy to find!

The Busbee International Technology Center at Gwinnett Technical College

Building 700, Room 1203

If coming East on Hwy. 316:

• Exit at Sugarloaf Parkway exit and take a left at the top of the ramp.
• Stay in the left lane (but do not enter the first entrance to the campus).
• Proceed through the first traffic light at the Lakes Parkway intersection.
• Turn left at the next traffic light and enter the north entrance of the campus (the entrance is directly across the street from an apartment complex). 
• The Busbee Center (Building 700) will be the building located to your right.  
• Room 1203

If coming North on Interstate 85:

• Exit 105 (GA 120 E) to Lawrenceville and merge onto Duluth Hwy (Hwy 120).
• Follow the NW/GA120 E exit to Sugarloaf Parkway.
• Turn left at the traffic light onto Sugarloaf Parkway. 
• Proceed to the next traffic light and make a right turn into the campus entrance.
• The Busbee Center (Building 700) will be located on your right.
• Room 1203

If coming South on Interstate 85:

• Proceed on I-85 south to Sugarloaf Parkway
• Take Old Peachtree Rd EXIT 109 toward Sugarloaf Pkway
• Keep left to take the ramp toward Sugarloaf Parkway
• Keep right to take the Sugarloaf Parkway Ramp
• Turn left onto Sugarloaf Parkway NW.
• Gwinnett Technical College will be approximately two miles. 
• •Turn right at the first entrance (North Entrance) to the campus.
• The Busbee Center (Building 700) will be located on your right.  
• Room 1203

When using Mapquest or GPS, please enter the following address: 

5150 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville, GA  30043