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

The Bottom Line on Improperly Trained Leaders

Poor leadership talent drains an organization, keeping it from accomplishing all that it wants to do. Not all managers need leadership training, but leadership development can significantly impact their performance and that of their teams. What skills...

The Care and Feeding of Your Company's HEROes

How companies can identify, encourage, and empower their HERO (Highly Empowered and Resourceful Operatives) employees.

The Case for "Greener" Data Centers

Today's corporate data centers are like giant SUVs-powerful, expensive, and grossly energy inefficient. Fortunately, savvy businesses are launching initiatives that will save energy, money, and the environment....

The Carrot and the Stick: It's All about the Carrot

When compensation budgets are limited, organizations have to get creative with their rewards systems to retain employees and recognize top performers. When done well, such efforts can become a valuable tool. The best rewards systems do not take a...

The Case for Speeding Up...

Our need for speed has become stronger, more pervasive, and harder to escape because today we can pursue more options, says Vince Poscente, author of the new book <i>The Age of Speed</i>....

The Cassandra Conundrum

Learn how to influence others

The Chief Egotistical Officer

Narcissism is often regarded as a necessary character trait of any successful CEO, but a new study that takes a look at the correlation between narcissistic CEOs and the performance of their companies finds that a big ego doesn't mean big results....

The Coaching Manager’s Secrets to Igniting Energy

Are your employees starting to feel fatigued at work? Dan Rockwell has been a leadership consultant for 15 years and is the author of “Leadership Freak,” one of the most socially shared leadership blogs for three years. Dan was also named one of AMA’s Top 30 Leaders in Business for 2014, and he rece

The Cobbler's Child in the Workforce: Why Employee Happiness Is Everybody's Job

When it comes to career development, whose job is it anyway? The author of a new book on career strategy maintains that it's everybody's job. Each of us has responsibility for managing our own career, but it's also in management's best interest to...