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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Jon Katzenbach and Zia Khan on the Right Balance of Formal and Informal Organizations

Jon Katzenback and Zia Khan don’t want you to have fun at work. More specifically, they don’t want you to try to have fun; often that leads to trying too hard, strained attempts at socializing, and not a lot of work getting done. The work day flies by even faster when ideas are flying in meetings, i

Jonathan Byrnes on Focusing on the Profits, Not the Losses

When only 30% of your organization is responsible for 100% of the profits, it’s tempting to focus on getting the remaining 70% to catch up. Johnathan Byrnes disagrees. The most important thing is to make sure that those “islands” of profitability are protected and keep bringing in profits before tur

Joseph Badaracco on Managing in the Gray

When faced with a difficult decision, Joseph Badaracco wants you to gather information like a manager and make a decision like a human being. Meaning, there are plenty of processes to use to get to the bottom of a tricky situation but in the end you need to rely on your own best judgement, whether y

John Kotter on Using Urgency to Your Advantage

Most organizational change initiatives fail spectacularly (at worst) or deliver lukewarm results (at best). In his international bestseller Leading Change , John Kotter revealed why change is so hard, and provided an actionable, eight-step process for implementing successful transformations. The boo

Joseph Grenny on Vital Behaviors for Positive Influence

Most of us stop trying to make change happen because we believe it is too difficult, if not impossible. We develop complicated coping strategies when we should be learning the tools and techniques of the world's most influential people. But this is about to change. From the best-selling author of Cr

Josh Bernoff on Keeping Ahead of the Technology Trends

Customers have turned out to be supersavvy when it comes to technology. It’s common practice to check the product reviews of everything from restaurants to the new vacuum cleaner before anyone even considers buying something. Josh Bernoff wants companies to embrace this tech-friendly mentality, to t

Josh Leibner and Gershon Mader on the Power of Strategic Commitment

Most managers and executives don’t have a clear system for ensuring the support they need from those around them. In The Power of Strategic Commitment (AMACOM), authors Josh Leibner and Gershon Mader advise on how improve strategic processes by enlisting the support of managers, employees, boards, s

Josh Bersin on the Upswing in E-Learning

According to Josh Bersin , learning technology expert, the decrease in spending on learning and development in the corporate sector due to the economic downturn is starting to creep its way back up, and technology is at the forefront. In this episode of Edgwise, Bersin discusses how companies includ

Josh Linkner on Thinking about What Can Be

In The Road to Reinvention: How to Drive Disruption and Accelerate Transformation , author Josh Linkner discusses re-inventing, creating something anew, and imagining what “can-be” instead of “what-is.” Linkner suggests several strategies for re-invention, but one of the most important is the habit

Josh Spodek on the Steps to Leadership

You wouldn't learn how to play piano by starting with musical theory. Leadership training is exactly the same. Josh Spodek is here to talk about his new book, Leadership Step by Step , published by AMACOM, the book that will get you out there to start practicing leadership in the real world.

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