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

Kevin Kelly on Optimism

Kevin Kelly wants you to be optimistic. Not just because things, on average, are always better than they have been. They are but there's a practical reason too. It's very hard to plan for the future when you have a pessimistic view. On this episode he urges you to take the long view and plan ahead,

Key Leadership Behaviors That Improve Sales Force Performance

Learn how sales managers can improve sales by building a team culture of collaboration.

Kenny Nguyen on Making Interesting Presentations

We've all sat through really boring presentations. Kenny Nguyen's mission is to make sure that never happens again. He's here with some tips for how to prepare and present in an interesting way, so you never have to present a presentation you'd dread having to sit through yourself.

Key to M&A Success: Aligning Organizational Capabilities to Drive Strategy

If you’ve ever worked in a company that was acquired, but several years later it still felt like the two companies were separate, you know that merging businesses financially doesn’t necessarily result in a full integration of the organizations.

Keys to Mentoring Success

While everyone can benefit from the right mentor, not everyone is cut out to be one. Here are some guidelines for creating an effective mentor/mentoree relationship....

Kill the Company/Change the World

An interview with Lisa Bodell, author of the provacative book Kill the Company, about how to challenge the status quo in business.

Kid Gloves or Iron Fist: How Fast and Flexibly to Approach Post-Merger Organizational Integration

Too often, HR's responsibility has been to agree to whether a merger should take place, whereas its strategic involvement would be better spent in identifying ways to make the proposed alliance work effectively. Besides, HR's vote about a merger...

Kim Powell on Acting Like a CEO

"CEO" can seem like a venerated title but the people occupying those positions are less intimidating than you might think. Maybe don't march into their office unannounced and start chatting today, but CEOs are people who make mistakes and have weak spots, just like anyone. Kim Powell , along with he

Kiss Your BUT Goodbye

If your career isn’t progressing the way you’d hoped, it could be your “but” that’s holding you back. Your “but” is the major flaw that everyone around you can easily identify, but about which you are probably clueless. Until you identify your but and take steps to fix it, your career will be stuck

Kimberly Palmer on Cultivating Your Side Business

The Internet has made it easier than ever to have a side business: a craft shop on Etsy, freelance design work, social media consultant, etc. But with all the horror stories about jobs lost because of a social media presence, some people are scared to start a side gig, afraid of angering their main