You may have already heard that Pearson has launched our Critical Thinking website, www.ThinkWatson.com. Courtesy of our TalentLens team, I’d like to share our Press Release with you:
Pearson Launches Critical Thinking Website,www.ThinkWatson.com
Minneapolis, MN and San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) August 17, 2010
Employee assessments and online personality tests are vital to successful business and leadership development for human resource teams. Pearson’s Talent Assessment group, the employment assessment business of the global education company, today announced the launch of www.ThinkWatson.com, an online resource and training center for critical thinking skill development. The new website will help HR executives and talent managers shape their professional hiring and development programs and sharpen employees’ decision making and reasoning skills.
News Facts
ThinkWatson.com provides opportunities to explore critical thinking research and presentations, to assess critical thinking ability, and to find a training solution to fit any workforce. The site offers:
- Learning resources such as the Critical Thinking Means Business white paper and the “2009/2010 Trends in Executive Development” report, a summary of survey results from top organizations
- Information about Pearson’s Watson-Glaser™ II Critical Thinking Appraisal, the leading assessment to measure and develop critical thinking ability
- Critical thinking training options including individualized, onsite “boot camps” conducted in partnership with Executive Development Associates; Critical Thinking University, Pearson’s online social learning portal coming in the fall; and seminars in major U.S. cities across the country delivered by the American Management Association
- An online community and blog for Watson-Glaser customers to learn to apply critical thinking in real life and share tips and best practices
- Critical thinking challenges, brain teasers, and video content, updated monthly
Additional information about Pearson Talent Assessment can be found at http://www.talentlens.com/en/ or you can follow Pearson’s Talent Assessment group on Twitter @talentlens.
About Pearson Talent Assessment
Pearson’s Talent Assessment group publishes scientific assessments that are used globally to hire and develop the 21st century workforce. Its instruments measure critical thinking, problem-solving and a range of job skills to deliver data-driven insights that inform and clarify an organization’s human capital decisions.
About Pearson
Pearson has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business information, and consumer publishing (NYSE: PSO).
“We know that critical thinking is a game-changing management skill, enabling better thinking and enhanced day-to-day decision making, which is why Pearson Talent Assessment is focused on helping human resource teams and talent managers to have easier access to critical thinking training and resources at www.ThinkWatson.com .”
Editor’s Note: Breanne Harris is the Solutions Architect for Pearson TalentLens. She works with customers to design selection and development plans that incorporate critical thinking assessments and training. She has a Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology and has experience in recruiting, training, and HR consulting. She is the chief blogger for Critical Thinkers and occasionally posts at ThinkWatson. Connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter for more of her thoughts.
Did you know critical thinking was rated the NEW #1 workplace skill? Download our paper: 