The Track

The things you do might be intuitive to you – but if they confuse your team, you're in trouble. Here's how to build an operating manual to make your decisions clear to everyone.

The ability to solve tough problems isn’t an innate talent or a magic act – it’s a process. Learn a step-by-step framework to break down problems and solve them in a data-driven way.

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Developing a brand purpose is a fundamental step for any company. Justin Lee shares how he uses the Section4 frameworks to uncover why his business exists.

For consistent sales, you need a long-term relationship. According to Google’s Neil Hoyne, It starts with a better conversation — and smarter questions.

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I’m sure we’ve all had this thought over the course of our career: “I wish somebody could give me a playbook on how to be great at my job.”

Well, we’re here to tell you that being a great strategist isn’t a natural talent or a magic trick. It’s a list of critical skills that, when mastered, make you indispensable.

It's about pinning down your "ultimate why," according to Berkeley Haas professors Sahar Yousef and Lucas Miller.

Do you ever look at a company like Google or Netflix and think, “I know we could be that successful – if only we had their people on our team”? 

The bad news: It’s impossibly expensive to recruit talent from the top tech companies.

The good news: You can develop this type of talent in-house, if you zero in on the skills that actually matter to drive business growth.

To help you, our research team looked at 100 of today’s top-performing organizations and identified the business skills that matter. 

These are the skills that should be your top priority in talent development. So let’s get started.

What percentage of employees actually use the skills they learn in L&D programs at their jobs?

Twelve percent.

If these numbers sound rough, that’s because they are...

I was talking recently with a Section4 student, and I let him know that we would soon be giving members access to all our sprints for $995, about 1% the annual tuition of an MBA. 

“That’s incredible,” he said. “I’m so excited – my mind is blown.”

Then he paused.

“Why are you doing that?”, which is a polite way of asking “What’s the catch?”

There isn’t one. And here’s the answer as to why.

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