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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Noah Fleming on Enduring Customer Loyalty

In Evergreen: Cultivate the Enduring Customer Loyalty That Keeps Your Business Thriving (published by AMACOM), author Noah Fleming explains how constantly searching for new customers is not a solution for new business. Fleming argues that customer loyalty is built through proper marketing that balan

Nolan Bushnell on Innovation Stagnation

Nolan Key Bushnell , founder of Atari, and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza-Time Theaters, reveals some of the main ideas in his new book Finding the Next Steve Jobs . Nolan warns that innovation stagnation affects all business, not just traditionally "creative" companies but even tech giants like Nokia.

Not Everybody's a Superstar

Does your organization’s culture promote a “superstar vs. dead weight” mentality? Are reliable workers recognized as the core of the company, or are they instead treated as “low-potential” employees? i4cp’s Eric Davis of i4cp writes: “It's time to take off the type-A blinders and get some perspectiv

Not Everyone Wants to Return to Normal

As more people receive vaccinations and workplaces start to reopen, the unsaid assumption is that everyone wants to get back to normal as quickly as possible.

Not Everyone Can Be a Leader

Learn from one CEO--Tom Gartland--how to nurture leaders.

Nonverbal Communication Skills That Affect Presentations

Develop the nonverbal skills every manager needs to deliver a successful presentation.

Office Romance: Worth the Risk?

If you spend a lot of time at work, the idea of an office romance is both alluring and practical. So if that cute guy in accounting bats his baby blues at you in the coffee room, should you follow through? Before you do, consider what you've got to lose....

Office Politics: How to Master the Game

You may pride yourself as being "above" the pettiness of office politics, but if you completely ignore the political climate of your workplace your career may be at risk....

NTT Data: An Influential Japanese Company Going Global

Keiichiro Yanagi is senior executive vice president at NTT DATA Corporation, one of the world’s top 10 IT services providers, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. A 34-year veteran of the company who joined straight from university, he is now a board member with responsibilities for global HR and corporat

Off Duty but on the Company Radar

Can an employer tell its workers not to engage in legal behaviors when they're off duty? Sometimes, yes. Read on....