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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AMA's Top 30 Leaders in Business of 2014

American Management Association (AMA) presents the Top 30 Leaders in Business of 2014, selected from a pool of over 200 candidates. See who made the cut.

Amp up Your Career by Improving Your Analytical Skills

Think analytics is just for the number crunchers in finance? You may be severely limiting your career trajectory. In today’s world of Big Data, managers and leaders throughout an organization need to acquire a basic understanding of analytics so they can ask the right questions and find effective an

Amp-Up Your Leadership, Part II: Power Up Your Team

In Part II of our Amp-Up Your Leadership series Stefanie Smith dicusses strategies to enhance team performance.

AMA Quiz: Discover Your Communication Style

Are you aware of your communication style? Do you know how to adapt it accordingly to a particular situation and to different types of people? The most productive and high-achieving teams are those composed of members who have well-developed communication skills and who can alter their communication

Amp-Up Your Leadership, Part III: Winning Results/Good Karma

Part III of Stefanie Smith's Amp-Up Your Leadership series focuses on taking positive actions to bring winning results.

An Antidote for Complexity

Complexity is the bane of every business, says author John L. Mariotti. Here are six tips for getting rid of the things that are making your business overly complex....

Amp-Up Your Leadership: Look to Your Role Models

Part I in a three-part series on enhancing leadership effectiveness, a self-assessment involving determining your leadership role models.

An Interview with a Marketing and Business Leader

Learn what Marla Bace does to drive strategic business changes, mentor individuals on her team, and much more.

An Interview with Recovering "CEO Dad" Tom Stern

Do you think it's OK to e-mail your spouse on his or her birthday? Do you refer to your kids as human resources? You may be a CEO Dad. Tom Stern, author of the insightful and hilarious new book, <i>CEO Dad: How to Avoid Getting Fired by Your...

An Interview with Recovering "CEO Dad" Tom Stern

Do you think it's OK to e-mail your spouse on his or her birthday? Do you refer to your kids as human resources? You may be a CEO Dad. Tom Stern, author of the insightful and hilarious new book, CEO Dad: How to Avoid Getting Fired by Your Family, calls himself a "comedic evangelist." His mission: to