Description: This article is about small business changes and challenges before and after COVID.

Description: This article is about how times are changing and we must adapt and keep up as individuals, professionals, and companies

Description: Effective strategic planning can have a profound effect on the development of your team and the growth and direction of your actuarial organization. This article shares the elements that will set you up for success before the meeting even begins.

Description: This session 60PD of Dallas Spring Meeting covers a checklist of how-tos and how not-tos, in the various areas of the operation, such as: structuring your practice, setting business objectives and market strategies, evaluating human and technical resource needs, understanding client needs, keeping up to date with the competition and new ideas, time and financial management. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 60PD

Description: Aneesha Deshpande tries to make a case for Writing as a way for individuals, particularly at larger organizations to drive impactful change.

Description: Can quiet actuaries inspire others and get things done just as well as their louder, more social colleagues? This isn’t just a question that plagues quiet actuaries, of course. For the over half of us that identify as quiet people and wish to lead, it’s easy to second guess and doubt ourselves. This doubt sometimes holds us back from reaching for that promotion, or starting that new organization. Some quiet actuaries may try to adapt extravert behaviors, however those efforts can be draining and short-lived. This article shows how quiet actuaries can authentically lead and leverage their strengths.

Description: This articles showcases the principles of effective servant leadership.

Description: This first of the series of sticky situations addresses the dangers of negative conflict within a project team. To get to the root of the problem you'll need to data mine or dig beneath the surface to find the aggravations.

Description: Notes on the IAA meeting that took place in D.C. in May

Description: Writing articles is not as hard as most people think, but it does take some thought and planning. This article gives practical tips about how to put "pen to paper" and write an effective article.