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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Brian Tracy's Job Search Tips

In this excerpt from his new book 'Reinvention,' professional development guru Brian Tracy outlines a plan to help you get the job you really want—in any economy.

Bridging the Gap Between Company Strategy and Strategic Alignment of Projects

A project may sound like a great idea, but does it fit in with the overall corporate strategy? Here is a detailed checklist of questions for senior executives and sponsors to ensure that proposed projects are aligned to organizational strategy from...

Bridging the Gender Pay Gap

Sure, all men are created equal. But women? When it comes to salaries, not so much. Although the latter decades of the 20th century brough substantial progress for women's rights, when it comes to pay equity, the numbers still don't add up. The...

Buddha: 9 to 5

Could the next "new" thing actually be 2,500 years old? According to a new book, Buddha: 9 to 5: The Eightfold Path to Enlightening Your Workplace and Improving Your Bottom Line, the secrets to career satisfaction and prosperity can be found...

Bruce Barry on Free Speech in the Workplace

In his new book Speechless , Bruce Barry critiques a legal system that gives employers wide latitude to suppress worker expression, and argues that freedom of speech in the workplace is excessively and needlessly limited. Barry advocates changes to the law and to management practice that would expan

Budgeting Demystified

A quick intro to the world of budgeting from AMA’s best-selling seminar “Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers."

Build a Network of Support

How to enhance your influence at work by building a strong support network.

Bruce Tulgan on How to Manage Generation Y

Now is the perfect time for business leaders, managers, and other so-called grownups to give a much needed reality check to the Generation Y employees that are on their staffs, those born between 1978 and 1990. This is the argument posed by   Bruce Tulgan   in his new book   Not Every

Build Your Brand/Build Your Career

OK, you’re not Apple, IBM, or a bar of soap. But if you are ambitious and aspire to a leadership position, you have to spend some time defining and communicating your personal brand. Start by figuring out who you are and how you come across to others.

Building a Bench of Financial Talent

Developing financial talent is a must. Learn how to go about this.