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

The Role of Mentor: Role Model, Broker, and Advocate

Learn about the roles of role model, broker, and advocate as a mentor.

The Roles of a Manager

Here are eight roles for today's managers.

Paradigm Shift in Business: The Rise of Soft Skills

Only recently have organizations started to get it: the so-called soft skills-employees' attitude, intuition, ideas, creativity, energy, and engagement-are exactly what they need most to succeed in the future....

The Ruse of the Two Rėsumės

Learn how important it is for business people to be honest and exhibit their integrity andleadership. .

The Samurai Executive

Some truths are unchanging-like the ancient Samurai codes of bravery, honesty and life balance. Find out how your organization can succeed by adopting age-old warrior principles in today's workplace....

The Science of Asking Great Questions

Question: In a negotiation, what is one of the most important skills to possess? Answer: The ability to ask the right question. Negotiation expert Jim Camp tells you how to ask questions that will get you the answers you want....

The Root Causes of Low Employee Morale

In the movie Multiplicity with Michael Keaton and Andie MacDowell, the character of Doug Kinney (Keaton) clones himself so he can get more work done while having more time for his family and hobbies. As you can imagine, everything goes wrong and at the end there are four Dougs and craziness ensues!

The Second Mice Are Coming

U.S. suppliers must decide whether to take on fast-follower Chinese firms as customers.

The Secret Ingredients of Success

What can baseball manager Branch Rickey and a "little old ant" teach us about motivation and success? That anything is possible if you simply don't know that you can't do it....

The Science of Sales: Marketing in a Recession

It may seem counter-intuitive, but the way to grow sales during the recession is to increase investment.