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

Five Critical Business Relationships for Entrepreneurs

Savvy entrepreneurs know that their success depends upon gaining the confidence and buy-in of others-customers, employees, vendors, bankers, and mentors. Here are some ways to nurture the relationships that matter most to your business....

Five Factors for Winning

Learn five ways to motivate.

Five Qualities of Successful International Leaders

More than 1,000 studies have been conducted in the last 60 years in an attempt to determine the definitive styles, characteristics, or personality traits of great leaders. However, none of these studies has provided a definitive profile of the ideal leader.

Five Steps to Winning

Here are five steps that ensure your professional success.

Five Standards of Excellence for Ethical Leaders

What does it mean to lead ethically? This excerpt from the AMACOM book <i>The Business Ethics Activity Book</i> outlines five standards of ethical excellence-communication, quality, collaboration, succession planning and tenure-that will empower...

Five Strategies to Align Leadership Development Efforts to Business Strategy

Here are five guidelines to tie leadership development to strategic planning.

Five Tips on Coaching for Emotional Intelligence

If you want to coach others to improve their emotional intelligence, start by improving your own. That's one of the five suggestions offered in this excerpt from <i>Coaching for Emotional Intelligence</i> by leadership and team development expert Bob...

Five Ways to Transform Managers Into Coaches

Learn how to transform yourself into a coach.

Five Ways to Use Your Brain to Build a Better Business

Learn five ways to apply five neural leadership practices.

Focus on the Gap, Not the Goal

A goal tends to push people away from the present and excites them to push forward. On the other hand, attention to a gap between what is and what could be motivates people to close that gap. Add a sense of urgency, and you have a strategy for...