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.

Narrow Results
Search
Use my current location
Search

Ric Merrifield on Rethinking Cost Cutting and Boosting Innovation

It’s the trap that ensnares virtually every business. We focus on process: “how” we’re doing the job. And we forget about the bigger issue: “what” we’re doing and “why” we’re doing it. That’s why we’re leaving so much value on the table. In   Rethink , business architect   Ric Merrifield &

Richard P. Finnegan on The Stay Interview

We've all encountered a performance review a few times in our life. So often that conversation is about things the employee needs to stop doing. Rarely do bosses and their employees discuss what the employee wants to do more of. That's where Richard Finnegan's Stay Interview concept comes in. Detail

Richard Thaler on the "Architecture of Choice"

Our errors are what make us human, but until now, they have been largely ignored by those around us, whether they make a complex public policy or sell us a plain old bottle of wine. In a new book, Nudge , Economist Richard Thaler and legal scholar Cass Sunstein, invite us into an alternative world,

Rick Lepsinger on Aligning Leadership Style with the Company’s Mission

James Sinegal, cofounder of Costco, isn’t your average CEO. His office overlooks a parking lot. He sits at a metal desk with a metal chair. His salary is less than half a million dollars (bonus included!), dramatically less than other CEOs, especially given the value he brings to his company. But in

Rick Rickertsen on Selling Your Business Your Way

In his new book Sell Your Business Your Way: Getting Out, Getting Rich, and Getting On With Your Life (AMACOM Books), Rick Rickertsen walks readers through the entire process of selling, from valuation and preparing the business for sale to finding a buyer and assembling and closing the deal. He als

Robbie Vorhaus on Branding Your Business Through Stories

What is your story? Who is your audience? How are you telling your story? Robbie Vorhaus , of Vorhaus Communications, says that with good storytelling companies can brand and market themselves to really get attention. Every company has a soul and a story to tell.

Robbie Vorhaus on Making Changes to Be More Efficient

Robbie Vorhaus wants you to be a watchmaker, not a timekeeper. A timekeeper may always know what time it is, but if they look away from the clock for one moment, they’re not useful anymore. A watchmaker, however, can create a product that will do the job for him or her, and then go on vacation witho

Robert Atkinson on Innovation Economics

Lately, American business has stagnated, resorting to short-sighted strategies and opting to take inexpensive or safer quick fixes rather than analyzing and fixing the root of a problem. Robert Atkinson thinks the U.S. could learn from such countries as France, Germany, Finland, and Korea about how

Robert Bloom on Winning Customer Preference

It’s 3:00 a.m. Do you know what your customer wants? According to Robert Bloom , author of The New Experts: Win Today’s Newly Empowered Customers at Their Four Decisive Moments , your customer is one second of smartphone research and a twitter review away from being on to the next brand. Bloom expla

Robert Bloom on Finding Your Company’s Inside Advantage

Every enterprise has at least one strategic asset-one existing strength-that can form the foundation for future growth. Finding this hidden potential and becoming well known for it will grow the business. Robert H. Bloom calls this the Inside Advantage , which happens to be the title of his new book