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

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

Dr. Susan Smith Kuczmarski and Thomas Kuczmarski on Changing the Way We Lead and Succeed

For centuries, leaders have been operating within a "control and compete mindset. But times are changing. More and more, at the helm of successful companies, you'll find a different sort of leader. Collaborators, not controllers, they are "square apples", bold men and women who dare to create succes

Dr. Yasmin Davidds on Women's Negotiation Skills

Negotiation is always difficult but for women it can be a minefield of politics and unconscious biases. That's why Dr. Yasmin Davidds , co-author of Your Own Terms , published by AMACOM, teaches gender-specific negotiation tactics. She leverages traditionally feminine strengths, such as collaboratio

Drawing a Line: How Many Personal Issues Belong at Work?

Too often, we and those with whom we work bring personal problems to work with them. Having a working knowledge of the patterns that we bring from home to the workplace can help us keep our problems from intruding into others’ work lives and also enable us to deal with our staff members when their p

Does Social Networking Boost Productivity?

The social networking phenomenon is not just for slackers anymore. A growing number of knowledge workers are using sites such as Myspace and Facebook to share best practices, identify trends and inspire innovation. Here's an overview of how social...

Drew Dudley on Everyday Leadership

The understanding of what it takes to be a leader is both overly broad and too specific. We focus on lone, mythical, usually white, male figures and discount the leadership abilities inherent in all of us. Drew Dudley , author of the new book This is Day One , joins us to share his definition of a l

Driving a WIIFM Initiative

Successful chief executives are a hard-nosed lot (look at Steve Jobs) who hire Grade A players and set high standards. And when it comes to driving new initiatives and "big idea" processes, persistence never goes out of style....

Drucker's Five Questions

Drucker recommended all executives raise these five questions prior to strategic planning.

Drucker's Words of Wisdom

Peter Drucker is widely acknowledged as the world’s greatest management thinker—the “inventor of modern management.” In an exclusive interview, William A. Cohen, the first graduate of Drucker’s executive PhD program, discusses Drucker’s key lessons and how to integrate them into our everyday busines

DREAM Delegation

Five steps will enable you to perfect delegation.