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

Do People Love Your Project Meetings?

How project managers can have more productive (and fewer) project meetings.

Do You Have the 3 Essential Qualities of the “Listening Spirit"

One of the dangers people are likely to run into when improving their listening is becoming so focused on the skills involved that their listening becomes rather mechanical. Important as these skills are, their effectiveness depends on something deeper.

Do You Know How to Give Constructive Feedback?

Constructive feedback can be the difference between having a productive or disruptive employee. David Lee offers advice on how to give positive feedback.

Why Team Chemistry Matters: Boston Red Sox Case Study

Bruce L. Katcher, Ph.D. uses the performance of his favorite baseball team to teach some lessons that apply to teams of all kinds.

Don’t Let Technology Be a Barrier to Human Interaction

AMA spoke with Dan Schawbel, partner and research director at Future Workplace, about the effect of technology on human interactions. Schawbel noted that we now check our cellphones every 12 minutes and send multiple emails in lieu of more effective face-to-face conversations.

Don't Make These Motivation Mistakes

Because of its scope and complexity, organizational recognition efforts have the greatest likelihood to go awry. To make the most of your organization's recognition programs, avoid these common problems....

Don't Use a Typewriter in the Computer Age

Sometimes business lessons can spring from the unlikeliest of places: for Bruce Katcher, the locale was a bowling alley, during his regular Tuesday night game. The lesson? The right equipment can make all the difference.

How To Manage Former Peers

Advice for managers who find themselves leading former peers.

Don't Take the Lead, Share the Lead

Cross-functional teams increasingly involve shared leadership in which members take over leadership depending on their knowledge and skills. Rather than one team leader, the team has many leaders, the person determined by the tasks required for...

Double Your Profits by Better Management

It sounds hard to believe, but you can double your profits by simplifying operations, streamlining workflow, and rethinking the work to avoid mistakes. This is a to-do list for every decision maker to pin on their wall as a reminder of the...