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 Gs of Smartly Growing Yur Business in Good Times and Bad

All executives want to grow their businesses. Dr. Edward Hess of Darden Grduate School of Business calls his model of business growth and his book about it as Smart Growth. Hess counsels corporate executives and small business owners to pursue growth strategies based on what he calls the 4Gs: (1) gr

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

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

The New Age of Risk Management: Lessons from Super Storm Sandy

Learn how to prevent another crisis like Sandy wherever you live.

The Path Forward Out of the Pandemic

It is not an overstatement to say we are in the midst of the most significant workplace shift in a generation—and maybe even in history.

The Organization's Fault

Today's highly skilled knowledge worker is a far cry from yesterday's factory worker. Yet many experts believe that the way work gets done hasn't yet fully evolved from the outdated vertical corporate structure of the 20th century to the more...

The Power of Simplicity

Many strategic plans fail to get executed for a simple reason-too much complexity. Read this interview with <i>Simple Solutions</i> authors Tom Schmitt, president and CEO of FedEx Global Supply Chain, and Arnold Perl, a partner at the law firm of Ford...

The Right Way to Make Alliances Work

Have you wondered why so many strategic alliances fail? Steve Steinhilber manages a portfolio of alliances at Cisco Systems that has a cumulative value of more than $4.5 billion annually. He can write from experience what makes his succeed and others...

The Science of Sales: Marketing in a Recession

It may seem counter-intuitive, but the way to grow sales during the recession is to increase investment.

The Second Mice Are Coming

U.S. suppliers must decide whether to take on fast-follower Chinese firms as customers.