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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Profitability vs. Growth: How to Achieve Both

Bottom-line margin or top-line growth? Ask managers which they want and they will tell you "both." But research into over a thousand companies shows that only 32% are able to achieve both more often than not. With the odds stacked against them, how...

How to Project a More Powerful Image at Work

Women in the workplace can project a more powerful image if they avoid some common body language mistakes.

Project Charter Checklist

A free project charter checklist from AMA Playbook to make sure your project gets off to a good start.

Project Management Terminology Quiz

Test your knowledge of 10 common project management terms, from asynchronous communication to critical path.

Project Management Success: It All Begins with Communication

It is often said that more projects fail due to communication mishaps than because of technical issues. These strategies from the AMA seminar Project Team Leadership: Building Commitment Through Superior Communication will help you hone the communication skills you need to ensure project success.

Project Management Training Tips: Methods of Persuasion

Project management on any level can be a challenge. That’s why entry-level project managers who need to craft thoughtful and comprehensive projects—always a tough proposition—will benefit from learning methods of persuasion.

Pricing Strategy: Pricking the Veil of Value Exchange

Learn why today pricing must be focused on value exchange

Project Management: How to Build Interdepartmental Cooperation

A project's chance of success often depends on the successful buy-in and cooperation of disparate stake holders-team members, management, departments and outside consultants. Here are some useful tips for getting everyone to pull together, from...

Project Risk Management: 4 Options for Managing Threats to a Project

Even with the best-planned projects—complete with clear priorities, a realistic budget, solid allocation of resources and talent, and a seamless workflow—something is bound to go wrong.

Projection of a Slow-Growth Economy Continues

Business leaders are more resigned to a turbulent economic future than they were at the height of the economic crisis,says Boston Consulting Group. t