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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Winners of the 2007 Alliance Awards on Strategic Alliance Excellence

Strategic alliances and partnerships play a crucial role in growing businesses in today's marketplace. But for every success story, there are numerous perils and pitfalls waiting to cause alliances to fail; so what are the secrets to strategic alliance success? The Association for Strategic Alliance

Win-Win Is for Losers!

Wait a minute, that doesn't sound very politically correct, does it? The author of Black Belt Negotiating explains why people often unknowingly negotiate with the intention to fail. Here's how to make sure you wind up the big winner in...

Winter Nie and William Dowell on Chinese Expansion

Foxconn, a Chinese factory that produces Apple's, among other's, products, made a lot of news this year due to allegedly appalling working conditions and low wages. According to Winter Nie and William Dowell , authors of the new AMACOM book In the Shadow of the Dragon , the negative assessment was b

Wisdom of the Shadow Warrior

Learn age-old martial arts secrets that will help you meet today's challenges and achieve balance in our exclusive interview with Jim Pritchard, author of <i>The Warrior Mind: Ancient Wisdom from the Martial Arts for Living a More Powerful Life</i>....

Wise Up

The hidden wisdom stored in your organization can represent a potential source of innovative ideas and breakthrough insights. Steve Benton and Melissa Giovagnoli show you how to tap this valuable resource in an excerpt from AMACOM's The Wisdom...

With a Little Help from Your Friends

Put your loyal customers to work for you through referrals.

Wonder About the Habits of Successful Project Managers?

Learn how to prioritize as a project manager.

Words You Lead By

Do you "check up on" your team members or "check in with" each member? Do you try to "fix" your employees or do you help "develop" your employees' skills to be more successful? This is neither semantics nor idle wordplay. It's about effective...

Work Groups Can Train Each Other

Here are three techniques you can use to train team members.

Work Is the Great Equalizer

When each employee’s skills, knowledge, and performance are the determining factors for advancement, equality is being practiced.