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.

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The Four Things You Need to Know about Your Business

Four laws provide most of the fundamental knowledge necessary to guide a successful manager's initial diagnoses and path to success. Here is a brief summary of the four laws, along with some questions to test your own mastery of the fundamentals...

The Growing Interest in a Strong Succession Planning Program

Businesses that don't take productive steps to plan for future talent needs at all levels will face certain disruptions-even disasters-when key employees retire or are lured away by competitors. So the importance of succession planning. So...

The Orange Revolution: The Carrot Principle

What does it take to create a superstar team? The fundamentals are fairly simple, says the coauthor of the new book The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization. To begin, focus on “bringing the wow.”

The Importance of Leadership Training for All Employees - AMA

Traditionally, leaders are responsible for establishing and communicating the vision and mission of the organization to their groups. Today, however, the job must extend to leadership training.

The Innovation Coach

A challenge for leaders is to communicate the importance of innovation and renewal and to create a culture that encourages those within the organization to learn and to change. The means to learn this skill may rest with study of species of birds.

The Intangibles of Leadership

Here's a list of leadership values to keep on your bulletin board.

The Leadership Competencies that Matter Most in Today's Trying Economic Times

The results of an American Management Association/i4cp study on leadership competencies.

How to Become a Good Strategist and Leader

Leaders are good strategists and planners. Again, what I’ve found in working with successful men and women in business is that they’re very, very good planners. They have taken the time to learn or been taught how to do strategic thinking.

The Long Era of Lackluster Leadership

Mark Vickers of i4cp has a question for today’s organizations: Given all the resources poured into leadership development, why aren’t they doing a better job at it? In a recent i4p study, three quarters of respondents said that developing leaders is highly important, but less than a quarter of respo

The Make or Buy Decision

Should your organization grow its leadership from within, or acquire it from without? Each tactic has its advantages and disadvantages, according to Robert Barner, author of Bench Strength. Here, Barner explains the factors organizations should...