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

Are you Listening?: From Defensive to Dynamic Listening

There are different ways to listen and not all of them are effective.

Are You Getting in the Way of Your Message?

Here are three rules to improve communication of critical messages.

Awareness And Intention: Critical Skills For Difficult Conversations

One of the most difficult parts of leadership is initiating difficult conversations, whether the conversations are about performance or behavior.

Banishing Boring Meetings

How to make business meetings more effective, from the author of Boring Meetings Suck.

Be a Gold Medal Communicator

Advice on being an outstanding communicator

Become a Better Manager by Asking the Right Questions

How managers can move work forward by asking questions.

Being"Self-ful" - A Guide to Assertive Communication at Work

When it comes to handling difficult situations at work, you have three choices: you can respond in a way that is either selfish, selfless or "self-ful." Author/trainer Mimi Donaldson explains how being "self-ful"-confident enough to be able to ask for what you need without hurting other people-will

Being "Self-ful" - A Guide to Assertive Communication at Work

When it comes to handling difficult situations at work, you have three choices: you can respond in a way that is either selfish, selfless or "self-ful." Author/trainer Mimi Donaldson explains how being "self-ful"-confident enough to be able to ask...

Bet It on Red

Even the most fearless leaders quail when faced with that most dangerous risk of all, the difficult conversation. VitalSmarts' Kerry Pattersen, coauthor of the New York Times best-seller Crucial Conversations, and Eric Patten tell you how to tip the odds in your favor....

Body Language Secrets of Successful Negotiation

When negotiating, pay attention to your body language.