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

Can We Really Spot Talent?

Talent: you've either got it or you don't, right? Not necessarily, according to many experts. The Human Resource Institute's Mark Vickers takes a look at current thinking about the definition of talent and finds that it's not always as easy to...

How To Manage High Performers

If you have a poor performer who is a pain in the neck, the decision to let him or her go is easy. But what about the difficult-to-live-with high performer? Once you identify their M.O., you can learn how to deal with their shortcomings while reaping the benefits of their expertise.

Challenges in Talent Acquisition and Management

Diversity and inclusion are an ever more important part of our society.

Check Out Your "Rule Book"

Each of us has our own ideas about the proper way of doing things-rules about everything from common courtesy to guidelines for working well with others. Unfortunately, when it comes to right vs. wrong behavior not everyone is on the same page-or even reading from the same book....

China's Talent Crunch

Would you believe that China, the world's most populous nation, is experiencing a serious talent shortage? Believe it. A talent-management "perfect storm" of rapid growth, increasing wages, and a skills lag threaten to derail even established...

Coaching: What Really Works

In the old days, coaching carried a bit of a stigma, as it was often directed at problem employees. But today's coachee is more likely viewed as being on the fast track, according to a new AMA/Institute for Corporate Productivity global study....

Communication: Sample Phrases for Performance Appraisal

Top Performance Review Phrases to Help Your Employees Enhance Their Communication Skillset

Companies Juggle Cost Cutting with Maintaining Competitive Benefits for International Assignments

Mercer surveys multinational organizations to determine how companies are balancing costs and business needs in planning overseas assignments.

Coping with Holiday Stress at Work

Everyone is familiar with the tension that the holidays can cause at home, but the workplace can be similarly frantic and filled with anxiety during the season. "Performance & Profits" gift wraps some suggestions for dealing with holiday stress...

Creating Adaptive Organizations

Toffler Associates brought together a small group of executives to discuss organizational adaptiveness. Here the firm shares what it learned from commercial and government organizations on how to live in a fast-paced environment. Read more….