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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Learning to Just Say NO

How to say "no" at work without risking your reputation.

Learning to Take "The Right Risk"

Risks involve a giant leap of faith, so who better to ask what it means to take the plunge than a former member of the U.S. High-Diving Team? Bill Treasurer-nicknamed "Captain Inferno" for his act of diving into waters 100 feet below while engulfed in...

Learn How to Develop a Great Business Plan

Learn how the history of Alexander the Great can help us perfect our strategic plan.

Leaving Trail of Recession-Weary Employees in Its Wake

The “Great Recession” may be ending, but its impact on the U.S. workforce and employment itself looks to be deep and long lasting, according to the results of new research

Leighton Read on What Avatar Teaches Us About Work

Leadership. Quality analysis. Problem solving. Sales. They’re tasks not only found in business, but also in online role playing games. By using entertainment as a model, Leighton Reed says we can change the way we approach our work.

Leigh Stringer on The Healthy Workplace

Retention, recruiting, and even stock prices soar in companies that care about the health of their employees. Even when executives are looking to save every last penny of their budget, it pays to invest in the health and wellness of the people doing the day-to-day work. Leigh Stringer joins us to ta

Leading with Kindness: Qualities of Kindness in Leadership

Kindness is not the first word we associate with business. The image of business still largely includes old scenes from industrial America in the early twentieth century: the age of hard work and tough bosses.

Len Sandler on Becoming an Extraordinary Manager

Nearly all managers dream of being inspiring leaders who elicit the most from their people. But while they may understand the skills needed to manage their teams, very few know how to put their knowledge into practice. Now, any manager can get exceptional results and make an important contribution t

Leonard Berry and Kent Seltman on Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic is one of the world's most prestigious organizations, one that fosters a culture that exceeds customer expectations and earns deep loyalty from both customers and employees. Service business authority Leonard Berry and Mayo Clinic marketing administrator Kent Seltman had the rare opp

Leonard Mlodinow on Training Our Brains to Be More Elastic

At the two ends of the neurological spectrum are logical thinking and elastic thinking. Generally the purvue of artists and great thinkers, elastic thinking is called upon more and more in our everyday lives. Luckily, we are not born one way or another. Leonard Mlodinow, author of the book Elastic,