Quickly synthesise qualitative data, determine implications, and make informed decisions.


Highlights:
• Use a 2x2 grid and a Swot Analysis to evaluate ideas and analyse strategies
• Understand and use the 3 steps of the analytical process: plan, analyse and conclude 


Key Competences:
• Analytical thinking
• Making decisions using data
• Creating short presentations
• Organizing, collecting and evaluating data
• Making recommendations

Developing Your Analytical Skills is a hands-on training programme, highly interactive with exercises and role plays. The programme will be led by an experienced facilitator with former management experience in international companies.


5 Programme Modules:

1 - Analytical Skills and Data Analysis
• Identifying core analytical skills
• Exploring the challenges of collecting, evaluating, and presenting information
• Describing the steps in the analytical process: plan, analyse, conclude

2 - The Planning Phase
• Defining the purpose of the analysis
• Improving your analytical skills by clarifying relevant issues: Why? Who? What are the options, benefits, and risks?
• Identifying issues that are essential for comprehensive understanding
• Deciding on an approach for an analysis project
• Creating a data collection plan for obtaining information

3 - The Analysis Phase
• Organising, collecting, and evaluating data via graphic tools
• Performing affinity grouping to aggregate unstructured data into categories
• Using a 2x2 grid and SWOT analysis to evaluate ideas and analyse strategies
• Determining risks and performing cost-benefit analysis
• Evaluating data and addressing information gaps

4 - The Conclusion and Reporting Process
• Understanding the characteristics of valid conclusions
• Getting from conclusions to recommendations
• Presenting conclusions graphically

5 - Telling Your Story
• Utilizing tools, tips, and techniques to present your story to multiple audiences
• Creating and delivering a brief presentation that inspires and persuades

You are faced with a lot of data, and you need to learn essential analytical skills to make more informed and evidence-based decisions that benefit your team, department or organization


Typical Participants:
• Managers
• Business Professionals