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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Business Succession Agreements: Plan Ahead for the Unexpected

Learn about buy-sell agreements in all scenarios.

Business Writing Tips for Professionals

Love it or hate it, every job requires some amount of writing. Even if your last name isn't Shakespeare, you'll get your point across more effectively with these 10 easy ways to improve your business writing skills....

C.J. Hayden on How to Market Yourself

C.J. Hayden is a Master Certified Coach and principal of Wings Business Coaching, LLC, a firm that teaches self-employed professionals to make more money with less effort. Hayden is the author of "Get Clients NOW! " (AMACOM) and The One-Person Marketing Plan Workbook . Since 1992, C.J. has been teac

C.K. Prahalad and M.S. Krishnan on the New Age of Innovation

In their new book The New Age of Innovation: Driving Cocreated Value Through Global Networks , authors C.K. Prahalad and M.S. Krishnan argue that the key to creating value and the future growth of every business depends on accessing a global network of resources to co-create unique experiences with

Calling on High Status Prospects

Is fear of rejection keeping you from achieving the sales success you deserve? Best-selling author and professional coach Brian Tracy explains how to conquer your fear and sell, sell, sell....

Calming "Customonsters" and Other High-Maintenance Clients

If your business has fallen prey to "customonsters"-those high-maintenance clients who over time may be more work than they are worth-here are some tools to help you tame the savage beast....

Can Managers Double Their Workforce for Free?

Learn how leaders can contribute to the intellectual contribution of their staff or diminish that input.

Can Strategic Benchmarking Turn America's Economy Around?

Although the U.S. consistently ranks in the top 10 most competitive economies in the world, it recently fell from first to sixth place in little more than two years. Gregory H. Watson believes that an approach that combines strategic benchmarking...

Can We Really Spot Talent?

Talent: you've either got it or you don't, right? Not necessarily, according to many experts. The Human Resource Institute's Mark Vickers takes a look at current thinking about the definition of talent and finds that it's not always as easy to...

Improving Work Ethic During Troubled Times

Work ethic: Rarely has an issue been so important to workplace productivity yet so difficult to influence. Some believe that work ethic is something one is born with.