Thinking skills assessment design

Here is our Thinking skills assessment: What’s my Strategic Thinking score?

What are my Strategic Thinking skills?

Strategic thinking can be a valuable skill, both in business and your personal life. Strategic thinking refers to the ability to think about, assess, evaluate and arrive at decisions about the future. It is, in fact, the way in which you use your thinking and would, therefore, be classified as a critical thinking skill.

Evaluate Your Strategic ThinkingLeadership is the art of influencing people to execute your strategic thinking
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Why not try our quick survey and evaluate your own strategic thinking.

Note: This quiz requires payment, but you are administrator and do not need to go through it.

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I have regular strategy development sessions (with my team).

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It’s impossible to predict how future trends will impact our organisation.

3.

I am one of the most strategic thinkers I know.

4.

I understand how my main competitors’ strategies differ.

5.

New business strategies require an overhaul of our internal processes.

6.

I use social media and my external networks to inform my strategic decisions.

7.

I have a track record for implementing where new technology can add value.

8.

I consider risks and potential challenges when planning anything important.

9.

I am not a business visionary.

10.

I have ideas that would create a competitive advantage for my organisation.

11.

I fully support my organisation’s strategic change initiatives.

12.

Customers do not have to be consulted about all new product or service strategies.

13.

Colleagues compliment me on my strategic thinking.

14.

I have access to all the market data I need to make the most effective strategic decisions.

15.

I involve all affected people before taking any strategic decision.

16.

My best business ideas are strategic and long-term.

17.

The best business innovation happens naturally – not from a formal process.

18.

I’ve successfully implemented strategic initiatives.

19.

I track all of my key performance targets and objectives.

20.

I like technological change to be more gradual than it currently is.

21.

I know what my key customers’ needs are.

22.

It’s vital to take some risks if there’s the potential for a long term payoff.

23.

I need to manage my own business costs.

24.

I understand our different strategies for different customer markets.

25.

I keep my strategic plans as confidential as possible.

26.

I regularly update all of my business plans.

27.

It’s not my responsibility to keep my colleagues’ decisions in line with our overall strategies.

28.

I integrate my own plans with those of my colleagues.

29.

I’m far too busy to read about industry developments.

30.

My plans extend to more than 2/3 years in the future.

31.

I have a well-earned reputation for my strategic thinking skills.

32.

I have never developed a strategy for a new product, service, or functional area.

 

As with most things in life, you can always improve these skills. As strategic thinking is more of a creative process it may not come naturally to some. Therefore, in the survey feedback, we highlight some of the ways to do this. Why not try some of these:

 

  • Think outside the box
  • Make time for thinking and reflecting
  • Follow trends and new developments
  • Improve your observational and listening skills
  • Ask the tough questions to get a better understanding

Five attributes of strategic thinkers can be highlighted as:

  • Understanding your place in the market
  • Focusing on the goal
  • Understanding past, present and future events
  • Asking the right questions
  • Identifying opportunities

How to improve your skills set

Use our 11+ critical reasoning skills test practice papers.

Which test is the most trusted evaluation of critical thinking skills? Well, the Watson Glaser test is considered one of the most trusted methods of evaluating critical reasoning skills.