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Developing Your Analytical Skills: How to Research and Present Information

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

The Key Issues

Things are busy and very often we want to make quick decisions. We use our gut feeling, or we listen to what people are saying around us. But in today’s business world, you should be using data to make real informed decisions. How can you use data to make better decisions? What is the process you should follow?

Analytical thinking

Making decisions using data

Creating short presentations

Key Competences​

Organizing, collecting and evaluating data

Making recommendations

The Right Programme for You

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.

Highlights

Learn, Practice and Use

Programme Details

Developing Your Analytical Skills is a 2 day face to face or 4 live online sessions hands-on training programme, highly interactive with exercises and role plays. This programme focuses on the planning and analysis phases that you need to follow when making decision. It also covers presenting your analysis and telling your story.

Five Programme Modules

  • Identifying core analytical skills
  • Exploring the challenges of collecting, evaluating, and presenting information
  • Describing the steps in the analytical process: plan, analyse, conclude
  • 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
  • Organising, collecting, and evaluating data via graphic tools
  • Performing affinity grouping to aggregate unstructured data into categories
  • Using a 2×2 grid and SWOT analysis to evaluate ideas and analyse strategies
  • Determining risks and performing cost-benefit analysis
  • Evaluating data and addressing information gaps
  • Understanding the characteristics of valid conclusions
  • Getting from conclusions to recommendations
  • Presenting conclusions graphically
  • Utilizing tools, tips, and techniques to present your story to multiple audiences
  •  Creating and delivering a brief presentation that inspires and persuades

Faculty

Bettina
Hausmann

Bettina
Hausmann

Bettina
Hausmann

Bettina
Hausmann

Bettina
Hausmann

Upcoming Programmes

Choose your preferred learning solution

Face-to-Face
2 days
€2,295

Date
City
Location
Stage
07 Apr – 08 Apr 2025
Belgrade
To be confirmed
Scheduled
14 Apr – 15 Apr 2025
Amsterdam
To be confirmed
Scheduled
23 Jun – 24 Jun 2025
Vienna
To be confirmed
Scheduled
28 Jul – 29 Jul 2025
Prague
To be confirmed
Scheduled
18 Aug – 19 Aug 2025
London
To be confirmed
Scheduled
22 Sep – 23 Sep 2025
Belgrade
To be confirmed
Scheduled
27 Oct – 28 Oct 2025
Amsterdam
To be confirmed
Scheduled
08 Dec – 09 Dec 2025
Brussels
To be confirmed
Scheduled

Live Online
4 sessions
€2,295

Date
Sessions
Stage
07 Apr – 08 Apr 2025
4 Sessions
07 Apr, 09:00 – 12:00CET
07 Apr, 14:00 – 17:00CET
08 Apr, 09:00 – 12:00CET
08 Apr, 14:00 – 17:00CET
Scheduled
15 Sep – 16 Sep 2025
4 Sessions
15 Sep, 09:00 – 12:00CET
15 Sep, 14:00 – 17:00CET
16 Sep, 09:00 – 12:00CET
16 Sep, 14:00 – 17:00CET
Scheduled

In-Company
This programme is available as an In-Company solution for you teams.

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Date
City
Location
Stage
07 Apr – 08 Apr 2025
Belgrade
To be confirmed
Scheduled
14 Apr – 15 Apr 2025
Amsterdam
To be confirmed
Scheduled
23 Jun – 24 Jun 2025
Vienna
To be confirmed
Scheduled
28 Jul – 29 Jul 2025
Prague
To be confirmed
Scheduled
18 Aug – 19 Aug 2025
London
To be confirmed
Scheduled
22 Sep – 23 Sep 2025
Belgrade
To be confirmed
Scheduled
27 Oct – 28 Oct 2025
Amsterdam
To be confirmed
Scheduled
08 Dec – 09 Dec 2025
Brussels
To be confirmed
Scheduled

Date
Sessions
Stage
07 Apr – 08 Apr 2025
4 Sessions
07 Apr, 09:00 – 12:00CET
07 Apr, 14:00 – 17:00CET
08 Apr, 09:00 – 12:00CET
08 Apr, 14:00 – 17:00CET
Scheduled
15 Sep – 16 Sep 2025
4 Sessions
15 Sep, 09:00 – 12:00CET
15 Sep, 14:00 – 17:00CET
16 Sep, 09:00 – 12:00CET
16 Sep, 14:00 – 17:00CET
Scheduled

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