Analytical Skills 
Improve business decisions by learning how to gather, interpret and present data.

Develop specialized skills and strategies to help you assess patterns, identify relevant questions, gain data-driven insights and effectively share analytical information with others.

Topics

Picture This

Did you know that the brain processes images 60,000 times faster than words alone? Even the simplest hand-drawn pictures can illustrate an idea with powerful results. Dan Roam, author of the new book <i>The Back of the Napkin</i>, describes how the...

Piecing Together the Engagement Puzzle

The gestalt principle tells us that the sum of the whole is greater than its parts, and that may be particularly true for organizations seeking to piece together the "engagement" puzzle. Since employee engagement is influenced by work, people, and...

Piyanka Jain on How to Make the Right Decisions

It can be nerve-wracking to make decisions. How will you know if it's the right decision? Sometimes you can't know until it's already too late. Piyanka Jain , in her new book Behind Every Good Decision , co-written by Puneet Sharma and published by AMACOM, offers a framework to sort through all the

Overcoming the Top Five Networking Stumbling Blocks

What's keeping you from growing your professional network? Are you shy? Or are you worried about appearing pushy? Business etiquette expert Lydia Ramsey explains what to do when your networking skills are not working....

Plan to Succeed in 2014

Brian Tracy's tips for achieving goals and executing strategy.

Plato, Competencies, and the Ideal Employee

New insights from i4cp about talent competencies.

Playing not to Lose

High-performing companies are already planning for an upcoming war for talent.

Power Mentoring: How to Get the Most Out of a Mentoring Relationship

The authors of the new book Power Mentoring: How Successful Mentors and Proteges Get the Most Out of Their Relationships discuss the latest innovation in mentoring: a broad network of various types of mentors, rather than the old one-on-one model....

Practice

Nearly every time we give a speech or conduct a workshop, someone asks, “Are leaders born or made?”

Managing PR in the Digital Age

Interview with Amy Binder, CEO of RF|Binder Partners, to discuss the current and future state of the PR business.