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

Executing Strategy: Achieving Results

Here are five bridges to close strategy execution gaps.

Facing Down the Dragon: How American Firms Can Successfully Compete with Chinese Competition

Think your company can't compete with the Chinese? There is some good news. For starters, the Chinese operate under four disadvantages: longer shipping time, higher freight costs, less flexibility and a limited capacity to customize products and...

Few Companies Integrate Management Succession with Strategy

AMA study shows how a succession planning policy fueled a company's business strategy.

Finding Your Competitive Advantage

Quick, name your company's competitive advantage. If you don't know it, you're not alone. Many companies can't identify it, even though it's the reason they're in business. Here are four questions you need to ask yourself to start putting your...

Five Key Steps for Managing Business Growth in a Volatile Environment

If your business is in a volatile environment, finding sustained growth can be tough. David Haviland offers tips on managing business growth in volatility.

Five Strategies to Align Leadership Development Efforts to Business Strategy

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

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...

For a Fresh Perspective, Stop Dancing and Get Out on the Balcony

While most businesspeople bow to the pressure to keep on dancing as fast as they can, savvy managers understand the value of spending a bit of time away from the action, gaining the perspective and insight that a short break "out on the balcony" can...

Forecasts for the 2008 Workplace

What does 2008 hold in store? Here are seven trends that could shape the workplace over the coming year....