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

Why Managers Prepare to Fail

A new survey shows that many managers lack the training they need to succeed.

New Research Reveals Many Entrepreneurs Are Dyslexic

A new study from London's Cass Business School shows that as many as 35% of U.S. entrepreneurs suffer from dyslexia. Additionally, dyslexics are more likely than nondyslexics to own more than one business and to supervise more people....

In Business Nice Guys Finish First

A new study shows that harsh, hard-driving executives diminish the bottom line.

New Survey Looks at the 'Greening' of Europe vs. the U.S.

Who is the greenest of them all? A new study looks at Europe and the U.S. and reveals that Germans rate highest in seeing themselves and their employers as "green."...

Nice Guys Finish First

Are success and niceness mutually exclusive? Not according to Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval, authors of <i>The Power of Nice</i>, and the senior leaders of advertising agency the Kaplan Thaler Group. The authors spoke to Performance and Profits...

Nine Ideas and Nine Questions

Learn nine issues that will make you better balanced.

Nine Keys to Launching a New Division

Given the assignment to start up a new division, what steps do you take first? What don't you do?

No One Is Immune from Groupthink

Learn how to counter Groupthink in your organization

NTT Data: An Influential Japanese Company Going Global

Keiichiro Yanagi is senior executive vice president at NTT DATA Corporation, one of the world’s top 10 IT services providers, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. A 34-year veteran of the company who joined straight from university, he is now a board member with responsibilities for global HR and corporat

On Being Resilient

In the 21st century marketplace, speed and renewal have become much more important than brute force and size. Resilience rules-and those companies that can react quickly to take advantage of new opportunities and recover from mistakes are the ones...