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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Donny Ebenstein on the Other Side of the Story

When it's time to ask your boss for a promotion or a raise, the conventional wisdom is to role play the conversation with a friend standing in for your boss to give you a chance to script what you want to say. Donny Ebenstein has some unconventional wisdom: switch places, and put yourself in your bo

Doug Conant on Making Connections from Top to Bottom

Doug Conant has a certain methodology for collaborating and communicating with his employees. As the former CEO of Campbell Soup Company, Doug set the tone for how he wanted to build his relationships there. For Conant, it is imperative to build his relationships before he needs to, so as to be more

Dov Seidman on Behavioral Changes to Guarantee Success

Dov Seidman joins us on Edgewise to discuss his book How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything . He states that "we live in a world where what we do matters, but it doesn't matter as much as how we do what we do"; we are in a new era of behavior where our actions can affect so much more in ways t

Downturn Survival Strategies

An economic downturn can actually have a silver lining for your business: the need to "kick it up a notch" can lead you on a journey of opportunity, innovation, and great success....

Dr Patti Fletcher on Women Disrupting the Workplace

Disrupters , the new book by Dr. Patti Fletcher is called the "anti-Lean In." Not because women should stay put, far from it. Dr. Fletcher is seeking a new way forward, one that doesn't rely on women simply emulating the way that men have traditionally behaved. She joins us to talk about how women a

Dr. Betsy Kruger on Finding and Targeting Your Star Customers

Dr. Betsy Kruger, author of the book Top Market Strategy: Applying the 80/20 Rule, explains how businesses can use this system to quadruple their profits. She also discusses a commonly overlooked but key factor in increasing profit: customer loyalty. Stressing the importance of gaining quality custo

Dr. David Livermore on Effective Diversity

Diversity leads to innovation but it doesn't happen magically. It's about more than just getting people into the same room, it's about creating an environment that fosters the free exchange of ideas. Dr. David Livermore , author of the new book Driven by Difference , published by AMACOM, is here to

Does Your Firm Know What It's Getting from Corporate Giving?

There's a genuine link between volunteerism programs and corporate performance.

Dr. Leah Weiss on Working with Compassion

Wish you could find more purpose and meaning in your work? Dr. Leah Weiss , author of How We Work , has techniques to shift your mindset away from work as a transaction of trading time for money and toward something more positive and motivating in the long run.

Dr. Matthew Kiernan on How to Successfully Invest in a Sustainable World

For businesses and investors, there’s no doubt about it. The smart money is going green. And the growing movement towards ecologically forward thinking companies is quickly becoming bigger and bigger. What may be surprising to some is that the socially responsible organizations aren’t just doing the