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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Big Windshield Looking Forward, Small Mirror Looking Back

One of the bedrock truths supporting my career is the need to approach life from the viewpoint of the driver’s seat, with a “big windshield looking forward and a small rearview mirror looking back.”

Better Job Descriptions = Better Candidates

Wanted: manager who knows how to write marketing-savvy, persuasive job descriptions that attract top performers. If this isn't you, read the following article for advice on how to put together a job description that sizzles....

Ben Waber on New Ways to Track Productivity

To increase productivity, how many seats should be at the cafeteria table? Before, the best answer was a guess or simply "who cares?" However, in an increasingly knowledge-work and collaboration-focused world, factors like who you sit with at lunch and who you chat with in the hallway start to matte

Bill Capodagli on Innovating the Pixar Way

With films like Toy Story and Wall-E , Pixar is the most prominent animation studio in the world. There is still a business to run and Bill Capodagli says that Pixar approaches that with the same innovation that they use on their films.

Bill Conaty on Diversifying and Developing Your Skill Sets in an Ever-Changing Workplace

Bill Conaty , former Senior VP of General Electric, sheds light on the qualities attributed to The Talent Masters , those individuals or companies who see talent development as a competitive edge and gave Bill the title for his book. In this episode of Edgewise, Bill explains that it is important to

Bill George on Discovering Your True North

To be able to orient your worldview and move forward you need to be able to accept your past. Bill George joins us with numerous examples of leaders who have accepted their past, warts and all, and used that narrative to move forward in the world to become the global leaders they are today.

Bill George on Finding Your True North

As former President and CEO of Medtronic, now a professor at Harvard, Bill George has paved his own path to success. If you ask him what's his secret, he'll tell you its about "finding your True North" which also happens to be the title of his new book. A companion guide to his best seller True Nort

Bill George on Leadership Values

Bill George is Professor of Management Practice, Henry B. Arthur Fellow of Ethics, at Harvard Business School, where he is teaching leadership and leadership development. He is the author of new best-selling leadership book, "True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership." His previous book, Authen

Bill George on Seven Lessons for Leading in a Crisis

Bill George ’s reputation as a leadership guru has expanded exponentially with each of his best-selling books on the subject. One of the top professors on leadership at Harvard Business School, he turns his attention now to the timely topic of leading in a high-pressure, economically challenged busi

Beware of the Thorns in the BlackBerry Patch

As employees become more and more dependent on their so-called "crackberrys," corporate attorneys warn that the obsessive clicking is the sound of overtime lawsuits waiting to happen. It all boils down to this: what is and what is not work?...

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