Start where you are,
Use what you have within,
Do what you can, now.
Then, it is unlearning,
To relearn, a new path,
Reflect on your thoughts.
First year at the university,
Struggles and stumbling blocks,
Yet, Critical Thinking emerged,
A skill for a lifetime forged.
Leadership competency,
A dance of confusion and clarity,
‘Critical’ versus true thinking,
Navigating the realms, unwinding.
Distinguish the difference,
Not ‘criticizing’, but understanding,
Ask questions, seek clarity,
In leadership’s true capacity.
Step back from biases,
Objective inquiry,
Jonathon’s tale unfolds,
Critical Thinking, a story told.
Assess the situation,
Beyond surface observations,
Uncover the system’s play,
In the organizational ballet.
Evaluate, decide, act,
Leadership’s critical pact,
A point of view, a plan,
Unlearn to understand.
Reflection in action,
The cycle of change,
In the dance of leadership,
Critical Thinking, rearrange.
Caveat to the wise,
Senior leaders introspect,
Before teaching, learn,
In your own system, detect.
I am a guide,
Navigating leadership’s tide,
Unlearning for a future fair,
Critical Thinking, handle with care.
