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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We've Got Your Business Case for Learning Right Here

It’s not easy to quantify the positive impact of learning on business performance, but a new study by i4cp makes it easier. It shows that companies that excel at driving financial performance, market share, and customer satisfaction are also most effective at managing learning.

Welcome Some Disruption in Your Life

Some people say that the two greatest fears are death and public speaking. But for many, fear of change is at the top of the list. However, it is only by overcoming that fear that we can make a lasting difference in the world....

Want to Innovate? Create a Problem

Henry Ford did it. Jack Welch did it. It turns out that the great secret to innovation is a leader who understands the value of creating problems and then empowering people to solve them. No CEO should spend more than 10% of his or her time...

Wellness Programs: Remedy or Risk?

Employee wellness programs are a win/win, right? True, they help employers cut costs and provide healthful benefits for workers, but government regulations and privacy issues raise some tricky questions....

What Americans Need to Know Before Working in China

Here are seven tips that will ease the way for Westerners planning to do business with the Chinese, from the Institute for Corporate Productivity....

What businesses can learn about agility from Navy Special Operations Teams

What are the characteristics that come to mind when you think of the Navy’s Special Operations Teams? Key aspects might include: agility, speed, elitism, focus, adaptability, awareness, confidence and stealth.

Business Productivity: Learning While At Work

How to take advantage of learning opportunities at work.

What Can We Learn From Zuck?

Watching Mark Zuckerberg, you’re left wondering—as you would be with all. Time magazine Persons of the Year—how you could possibly emulate him. It would be nearly impossible to learn to do what Zuckerberg does: vision and intuition are hard to coach.

What Do Employers Want?

How to cultivate the characteristics every employer wants.

What Does It Mean to Be A Manager In Today’s Workplace?

What words come to mind when we think about what managers do? Crack open a thesaurus and we find a range of synonyms, from “director” to “zookeeper.”