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

Strategic Alliances: A Growth Model for Companies

Companies of all sizes turn to strategic alliances as a means to foster growth. But the dramatically high failure rate of these partnerships-50 to 75%-is evidence that getting people from different environments to work together productively is no...

Sponsorship and Event Marketing Gets a Fact-Based Makeover

If your company's big-buck event sponsorship decisions are based on gut feelings instead of solid analysis, don't expect a terrific ROI. Here is some expert advice to make sure your marketing efforts pay off....

Strategic Workforce Planning Needs Some Love

How to establish a business case for workforce planning.

Strategies for Controlling a Meeting Nemesis

These strategies from AMA’s seminar “Leading Effective Meetings” will help control a meeting.

Strategic Workforce Planning-A New Way to Boost Productivity

A new study examines how organizations are using a new management process called Strategic Workforce Planning to forecast what talent they need to successfully execute their business strategy....

Strategies for Dealing with the Challenges and Opportunities of America's Aging Workforce

Just like the rest of us, the U.S. workforce isn't getting any younger. 17% of American workers will be 55 or older by 2010, with nearly 10,000 Americans turning 65 every day. Savvy organizations are looking for ways to both harness the knowledge...

Strategic Talent Management

The most important corporate resource over the next 20 years will be talent: smart, sophisticated business people who are technologically literate, globally astute, and operationally agile. To ensure their companies will have the right leadership...

Strategy for Successful Projects: Create an Atmosphere of Parnership

Here are five strategies to vanquish the number one project killer-lack of team member cooperation. Ensure project success by making sure your people are working with, not against, each other....

Strengthening Working Relationships and Communication

Here are ten ways to improve communication and strengthen work relationships

Stress Management and Mindfulness in the Workplace

Mindfulness is the art of living in the moment. The idea dates back millennia, but only recently has been promoted as a valuable workplace practice.