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.

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Reducing Costs--and the Likelihood of Fraud--Through New Expense Management Software

Despite the popularity of Skype, videoconferencing and other interactive communication technologies, in-person meetings with clients are still essential for sales, relationship cultivation and customer service.

Reevaluating Corporate Pension Plans

Don't expect retiring baby boomers to take the gold watch and retire quietly to a rocking chair when they turn 65. But can employer programs support the boomers' long-term financial security?...

Reining in the Mommy Guilt

Let’s get one thing straight right away: If you choose to have a family, the notion that this is an "all or nothing" career decision is ludicrous at best, sinister at worst.

Reining in Your Wandering Mind

How your smart phone is keeping you from staying on task.

Remote Learning for Executives: Creating New Opportunities

One of the biggest complaints regarding executive education and training prior to the pandemic was the lack of application of skills learned in the workplace.

Reorganizing DNA: How to Unify Diverse Corporate Cultures Post-Acquisition

Learn how to practice due diligence in acquisitions.

Replacing the Old Boys' Club with the Stiletto Network

An interview with Pamela Ryckman, author of Stiletto Network, about the power of women's networking groups.

Reputations Are Built over Time, Not Manufactured Overnight on the Internet

I have written articles and blogs over the years that speak to a trend I’ve encountered in the recruiting process, in which people tell gross exaggerations at best and blatant lies at worst about their experience and credentials. This trend toward lying goes not only for job candidates but also clie

Reshaping Succession Management

It makes sense. Even as the churn rates for top leaders rise to record levels, succession management itself is churning. In fact, two-thirds of organizations with formal succession planning programs intend to change them in coming years, according to a recent survey of 799 organizations. A mere 9% s

Resilience: A Lasting Advantage

Business often feels like a contact sport. Your competitors want to rough you up, blitz you with unexpected new products, undercut your prices, gang up on you via alliances or mergers and hammer away at your stock price. The important thing is a...