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

Learning from Lost Customers

Customer retention advice from the authors of Managing Knock Your Socks off Service.

Miranda Rights of Customer Service

If you can't remember the last time you experienced truly excellent customer service, you're not alone. Peter Shankman's tips will ensure that your business is never convicted in the court of bad service....

Monster Customer Service Blunders and How to Avoid Them

Every organization insists that keeping its customers happy is a top priority. Yet only half of the respondents in a new AMA/HRI study said they are doing a good job at creating emotional bonds with their customers. Companies who excel at delighting...

Moving from “Me First” to “We First”

In a podcast interview Simon Mainwaring discusses his connected, mutually dependent view of the world.

Serving as Leader When Customers Are Wired and Dangerous

Learn how companies can build customer loyalty

Six Truths about "Really'" Putting the Customer First

Sure, your company's mission statement says the customer is number one, but what are your people doing to back up those lofty goals?...

Sharpening Customer Focus

How companies can boost performance by shifting focus to the customer.

Taking Service to the Stratosphere

12 steps to creating a culture that delivers outstanding service every day.

The Care and Feeding of Your Company's HEROes

How companies can identify, encourage, and empower their HERO (Highly Empowered and Resourceful Operatives) employees.

The Customer-Focus Gaps

A recent global AMA/HRI study on customer focus found that there are significant differences between what organizations should do to increase customer satisfaction and what they're actually doing....