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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Five Reasons Why You Should Seek Rejection

Ouch; nobody likes rejection. But if you can learn to embrace it, you’ll have the fortitude to keep going until you finally get to "yes." Inspirational author Robert D. Smith shares the business lesson he learned 40 years ago that became the foundation of his success.

Five Standards of Excellence for Ethical Leaders

What does it mean to lead ethically? This excerpt from the AMACOM book <i>The Business Ethics Activity Book</i> outlines five standards of ethical excellence-communication, quality, collaboration, succession planning and tenure-that will empower...

Five Steps to Winning

Here are five steps that ensure your professional success.

Five Strategies to Align Leadership Development Efforts to Business Strategy

Here are five guidelines to tie leadership development to strategic planning.

Five Tips on Coaching for Emotional Intelligence

If you want to coach others to improve their emotional intelligence, start by improving your own. That's one of the five suggestions offered in this excerpt from <i>Coaching for Emotional Intelligence</i> by leadership and team development expert Bob...

Five Ways to Elevate Your Visibility on the Job

If you want to prosper at work, start making a name for yourself.

Five Ways to Sabotage Employee Performance Management

Compared to some other countries, U.S. organizations' performance management systems aren't doing so well.

Five Ways to Transform Managers Into Coaches

Learn how to transform yourself into a coach.

Focus on the Fundamentals of Effective Communication within an Organization

Learn how in-house communication affects business results and how you can inspire more effective communication in your company.

Focus on the Gap, Not the Goal

A goal tends to push people away from the present and excites them to push forward. On the other hand, attention to a gap between what is and what could be motivates people to close that gap. Add a sense of urgency, and you have a strategy for...