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 Your Employees RIP?

RIP employees are those who have "retired in place," just waiting to retire and not contributing to the business.

Attention Innovators and Problem Solvers: We Want to Hear from You

A look back at the past five winners of AMA's annual Innovation Award for Administrative Professionals.

Big Windshield Looking Forward, Small Mirror Looking Back

One of the bedrock truths supporting my career is the need to approach life from the viewpoint of the driver’s seat, with a “big windshield looking forward and a small rearview mirror looking back.”

Break Free from the Status Quo

Renowned business guru Gary Hamel, author of <em>The Future of Management</em>, offers advice on how to shake things up in your company....

Buddha: 9 to 5

Could the next "new" thing actually be 2,500 years old? According to a new book, Buddha: 9 to 5: The Eightfold Path to Enlightening Your Workplace and Improving Your Bottom Line, the secrets to career satisfaction and prosperity can be found...

Calling All Innovators

Information about how to apply for AMA's 2012 Innovation Award for Administrative Professionals.

CEOs: Don't Waste Your Time Being Average

Based on our combined 30 years in the field of executive and leadership coaching (plus five books), we are challenging all CEOs to kick mediocrity in the pants and make the cultural changes that will allow their people to be exceptional.

Chaos Needs a Plan

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been positives and negatives, but managers still need to plan for continued uncertainty.

Checking in with Cia Sherman

An update with the winner of the 2013 AMA Innovation Award for Administrative Professionals.

Climb (or Blow Up) Every Mountain: Five Steps to Overcoming Obstacles

Everyone faces personal and professional obstacles throughout life. These may be financial, physical or emotional, or based on gender, class or race. But you can become your own biggest obstacle when you allow fear and self-doubt to stand in the way of your success.