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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Devora Zack on Singletasking

Devora Zack wants you to stop multi-tasking right now. In fact, you weren't even multi-tasking, you were task-switching. Moving from one project to another always requires a mental reset and even if it's only momentary those moments add up and take time out of your day. Instead, put all your energy

Diane Mulcahy on the Gig Economy

In today's economy the best way to stay relevant is to diversify your skills and take on small, one-time jobs. It's not about the extra cash, it's about staying relevant. Diane Mulcahy , author of the AMACOM book The Gig Economy , joins us to talk about reasons you should be cultivating your side-hu

Dick Grote on Disciplining without Punishment

Dick Grote speaks on how to get problem employees to take responsibility for their behavior and how to solve attitude, attendance, and performance problems successfully, without resorting to punishment In his book Discipline without Punishment (AMACOM), Grote helps managers and HR professionals adop

Dick Martin on Adapting to a Diversified World

Dick Martin joins us on Edgewise to discuss his latest book Otherwise: The Wisdom You Need To Succeed in A Diverse World . The main theme of this book is that businesses must strive to better understand people unlike themselves, and why this ability is now more important than ever. Martin touches on

Dick Martin on Rebuilding Brand America

In his book Rebuilding Brand America (AMACOM), Dick Martin argues that in today's global economy, American companies can no longer afford to overlook how anti-American sentiment affects their business. He then looks at how some of America's best companies have risen to this challenge, and in doing s

Donald and Jim Kirkpatrick on the Four Levels of Effective Training

The Kirkpatrick four-level evaluation model focuses on four key areas: reaction, learning, behavior and results - with each successive level representing a more precise measure of the effectiveness of a training program. Listen to the Kirkpatricks as they walk through each step of the model and

Donny Ebenstein on the Other Side of the Story

When it's time to ask your boss for a promotion or a raise, the conventional wisdom is to role play the conversation with a friend standing in for your boss to give you a chance to script what you want to say. Donny Ebenstein has some unconventional wisdom: switch places, and put yourself in your bo

Doug Conant on Making Connections from Top to Bottom

Doug Conant has a certain methodology for collaborating and communicating with his employees. As the former CEO of Campbell Soup Company, Doug set the tone for how he wanted to build his relationships there. For Conant, it is imperative to build his relationships before he needs to, so as to be more

Dov Seidman on Behavioral Changes to Guarantee Success

Dov Seidman joins us on Edgewise to discuss his book How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything . He states that "we live in a world where what we do matters, but it doesn't matter as much as how we do what we do"; we are in a new era of behavior where our actions can affect so much more in ways t

Dr Patti Fletcher on Women Disrupting the Workplace

Disrupters , the new book by Dr. Patti Fletcher is called the "anti-Lean In." Not because women should stay put, far from it. Dr. Fletcher is seeking a new way forward, one that doesn't rely on women simply emulating the way that men have traditionally behaved. She joins us to talk about how women a