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

Disconnect Between Overall Economic and Personal Financial Outlooks

Positive outlook for the U.S. economy is not reflected in participants’ personal financial views Anxiety around retirement savings returns as a primary concern for participants, a study by Mercer found.

Disengaged or Dynamic? Personality Testing to Get the Right Hires

Personality testing will increase as companies seek to add engaged employees on their staff.

Disinterest in Your Customer's Needs

Regardless of the economy, not all sales personnel seem motivated to attend to their customers.

Disruption Now, Disruption Later, and Disruption Forever

AMA Quarterly spoke with Jeff Schwartz, a principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP and the U.S. leader

Diversity: It's Right, but That Doesn't Mean It's Easy

These three best practices from Deloitte & Touche can be used as a blueprint for any organization committed to creating a diverse workplace....

Do as I Say Not as I Do: An Ode to Strategy Execution Failure

The gap between the importance of strategy execution and the ability of organizations to actually execute their strategy has continued to widen.

iversity and Inclusion: Analyzing Your Company’s Leadership Pipeline

The importance of diversity and inclusion in business has been proved many times over. Simply put: Data shows that companies with better diversity at both the individual contributor and the management and board levels perform better.

Do People Drive Business? You Bet Your Assets

Evidence-Based Human Resources uses analytics to show the link between people management and business performance.

Business Ethics: Doing The Right Thing

A leader must be able to decide when to abandon a strategy and when to stay the course.

Do the Right Thing—While You Still Have a Choice

CVS Caremark voluntarily removed cigarettes from its stores, even though it may bring a decline in revenue. Should other companies follow suit?