Description: The June/July 2014 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: A look at Churchill's advice on hobbies from "Painting as a Pastime" -- why it's important to have a serious hobby to refresh one's mind.

Description: This article describes the EXCEL Model, a teaching and coaching tool developed by The Flippen group, College Station, Texas and adopted by many organizations. It focuses the leader on the needs of the team. The five components of the model are: Engage, X-plore, Communciate, Empower and Launch.

Description: American actuaries are increasingly involved in risk management. This paper presents an Overview of the role of the American actuary in risk management today, a book review of a remarkable new work by a philosopher of science, and a challenge to the reader.

Description: Executives often tell subject matter experts such as actuaries, “You should think more strategically!” But the executives never define what they mean by “thinking more strategically”. This article defines the skills actuaries need to be perceived as being more strategic. It will provide practical steps actuaries can take to gain more strategic influence and escape the trap of being perceived as only a subject matter expert who provides limited strategic value.

Description: This article will be looking at key leadership principles which help in understanding how someone responds at different levels of tension. The article identifies the five levels of tension and the accompanying physical, tonal and verbal cues. These principles are from the ChangeWorks and MasterStream systems developed by T. Falcon Napier.

Description: Tips on developing actuaries using Bruce Arians real life examples developing quarterbacks as a comparison.

Description: This presentation is a teaching session from the 1975 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-22, in Bal Harbor, FL. The instructor discusses problems in management, including topics such as the characteristics of change, the ingredients of decisions, communications, delegation, motivation, and the components of satisfaction in business. Presentation not included but contact information provided. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 1, No. 4.

Description: This article discusses how to manage another person's level of productive tension. This is one of the most critical skills of being an influential leader. This guidance is based on the Changeworks and MasterStream systems developed by T. Falcon Napier.