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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5 Steps to SMART Business Writing

In business, we spend time throughout each day writing work-related messages—from proposals and reports to notices, memos, and sundry emails.

Another Writing Tip

Learn how to use punctuation. The wrong comma, hypthen, etc., can distract your reader who won't get your message.

Blogging Your Way to Business Success

Blogs, or Weblogs, aren't just for "geeks" anymore. Businesses large and small are using them to create a powerful brand identity and to connect with customers. Over 70,000 new blogs are created each day. Isn't it time you got started?...

Business Writing Tips for Professionals

Love it or hate it, every job requires some amount of writing. Even if your last name isn't Shakespeare, you'll get your point across more effectively with these 10 easy ways to improve your business writing skills....

Creating an Unbeatable Résumé

Written by a recruiter who has actually placed more than 8,500 individuals in jobs.

Does Your Company Need an Extreme Messaging Makeover?

In creating an ad, making a sales pitch, preparing for a presentation, or writing a memo, improve your message by asking: What's the big idea?

Establish Values and Put Them in Writing

Learn how story telling can build values. As an example, the author shows how to communicate integrity.

Get Rid of Those Pesky "Weasel Words"

Does your writing have a weasel problem? Weasel is language that sounds wishy-washy, even sneaky. It avoids saying anything definitively. Here's how to tell if weasels have infested your writing....

How Fluff, Guff, Geek, and Weasel Words Ruin Your Writing

Learn lhow to perfect your writing.

How to Blog Without Getting Fired

Blogging is cool. Blogging is fun. And these days it seems like everybody's doing it. The question is, can you write about work without losing your job? Read these tips from the book Blog Rules before you log on and blog on....