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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The Value of Negative Feedback — When It’s Done Well

In the recent article “Surprising Research Says Negative Feedback Is Effective (and We Might Even Prefer It),” author Joe Hirsch cites research by the leadership firm Zenger Folkman that showed:

The Virtues of Informal Learning

Learning comes in many different ways, and not all of them happen in the classroom. In this article, the Human Resources Institute's Jo Averill-Snell reviews the practice of informal learning and finds that some of the most powerful learning takes...

The Wisdom of Two Pizza Teams

The idea number of people on a team is 8-12, the number of people you can feed with 2 pizzas.

The World's Happiest Countries

According to the latest research from London's Cass Business School, the "happiest" countries aren't those with booming economies or the highest per capita income. In fact, prosperous Japan is the unhappiest country in the world. Why? People aren't...

The Yin-Yang of Leadership

Most leaders fail to achieve a balance between forceful and enabling behaviors.

The Seven Secrets of Inspirational Leaders

If you adopt these secrets of leaders who inspire, motivate, and exert a positive influence on their people, customers will want to do business with you, employees will want to work with you, and investors will want to back you....

Think More Critically

Here are three ways to improve your critical thinking.

Things People Do to Get Fired (and How to Avoid Doing Them)

Want to keep your job and advance your career? Follow the advice of The Five O'Clock Club career counseling service and avoid these five workplace blunders....

Thinking Out of the Box: The Projected Mind

Thinking out of the box can get you ahead in business and in your personal life. Larry Kilham details what exactly it means to think outside the box.