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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Four Challenges with Succession Planning

FEW organizations today have effective succession plans. And there are several reasons why. These reasons amount to challenges that must be overcome if succession plans are to succeed.

Four Generations, One Strategy

Vince Crew is tired of all the chatter about how to work effectively with each of the four generations currently sharing the workplace. He suggests it’s time we focused less on the differences between us and more on the enduring, common values that drive workers of all ages.

Four Reasons Why You Should Take a Summer Vacation

The growing trend of forgoing vacation time may appear honorable, but it may do more harm than good.

Framing Your Messages for Improved Business Communication

A frame is a lens through which people interpret the information they receive. As it relates to improving business communication, framing a message is about positioning it so that both the intention and the content are interpreted as they were meant.

From Crisis to Control

Is your organization controlling its projects, or vice versa? A successful project management system may require that a significant organizational cultural change take place-sooner rather than later....

Get the Most from Your People: Give 'em What They Want

People skills can make or break a manager-and an organization. Author and executive coach Terry R. Bacon explains how almost any manager can learn to be a "people person"-if he or she takes the time to figure out what employees really want and how to...

Getting Maximum Value from Consultants

Tips to ensure the best ROI for projects that involve outside consultants.

Getting the “Right Start” in Managing a Successful Business

Learn the keys to successful management.

Ghost Story

Carol Kinsey Goman believes in ghosts. Not the ones in fables or B movies; these “ghosts” haunt corporate halls and factory floors. They include a magpie who hoards information and a three-legged Martian who is shunned as an outsider. Perhaps you’ve met them at some point in your career.

Getting Things Done

If your daily "to-do" list has turned into a "didn't get to it" list, here are some effective strategies to help you deal with three major roadblocks to achievement.