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

The Yin-Yang of Leadership

Most leaders fail to achieve a balance between forceful and enabling behaviors.

Think More Critically

Here are three ways to improve your critical thinking.

Three Keys to Successful Crisis Management

Here are three opportunities for successful crisis management.

Three Ways Strong Leaders Put the Team First

Compromise is essential to the negotiation process. Here are some ways to implement it: Think "outcome." Find common ground. Celebrate the union.

Thriving on Discontinuous Change

There is change and there is change. Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D. explains why the roles, actions, and attitudes that drove past business successes may be insufficient-and perhaps even detrimental-to future success....

Project Management: Tipping Sacred Cows

An interview with Jake Breeden, author of Tipping Sacred Cows: Kick the Bad Work Habits that Masquerade as Virtues.

Tips for Amazing Webinars and Virtual Meetings

Tips to keep virtual meeting participants engaged--and away from their BlackBerries or Web browsers.

Tips for Managing a Hybrid Team

Work is changing. An increasing number of companies are shifting from using a workforce primarily comprised of full-time employees to hiring a mix of employees and contractors. With a variety of compensation plans and work schedules, how do you keep everyone motivated and working together?

Tips to Tame the Tiger of Teamwork

A team leader's goal is to sustain harmony among all of its members while overcoming conflicts. Here are six tips that will enable you to prevent chaos within your team and help all group members achieve greater production....

Know The Enemy in Order to Win

Sun Tzu’s The Art of War has inspired generations of leaders with its strategies for prevailing against opponents, no matter how large or intimidating. His age-old advice is still true today: "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles."