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

Hire or Train

Historically, there have been two primary choices when it comes to talent: make or buy. The right choice depends on an organization's industry and culture. Either way, businesses need to start planning today to deal with the predicted talent...

Holding on to the Best and Brightest Young Employees

If you're not doing all you can to keep talented young employees from flying the coop, your organization's reputation and productivity will suffer. Bruce L. Katcher, Ph.D., provides action steps for keeping the keepers....

How to Build a Business Case for a Learning Initiative

Aerospace giant Rockwell Collins typified the old-fashioned corporate approach to organizational learning: lackluster offerings in bland classroom settings, with little connection to the needs of employees or the goals of the company. Enter Cliff...

How to E-N-G-A-G-E Workplace Learners

How do people learn best? By becoming ENGAGED with the presenter and the material.

How to Safeguard Your Job: Keep Learning and Keep Listening

If you want to stay employed until the current iffy economic situation improves, take some advice from the authors of the Administrative Assistant's and Secretary's Handbook: make sure your skills are top-notch and keep your ear to the ground....

Looking Toward Tomorrow: The Succession Planning Imperative

While many CEO's understandably flinch at the thought of ceding their power to someone else, truly enlightened chief executives embrace the formulation of a viable succession plan....

Milllennials Have Least Analytical Acumen, AMA Study Suggests

A survey suggests millenials aren't seen as having equal analytic savvy .

mLearning: Not Everyone's Doing It Yet

Full adoption of mLearning is still a few years off, but when it arrives, it has the potential to redefine learning.

Mobile Learning: Anywhere, Anytime

A look at what's keeping mobile learning from truly taking off, from i4cp.

Mix It Up: The Benefits Of Talent Rotation For Leadership Development

Talent rotation is on the rise. According to a 2014 survey by McLean & Company entitled “Implement a Job Rotation to Engage and Develop the Workforce,” 55% of respondents said they would implement a rotational program “in the next two years.”