Description: The wisdom of King Solomon provides a management tip that can help empower employees and bring value to companies through higher levels of engagement.

Description: Some of the great works of classical literature still speak to issues that business leaders face today. The author focuses on Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War and Homer's The Iliad.

Description: Chairperson's Corner - introduces the issue and the SOA's initiative on diversity, as well as introduces Murnighan's diverse approach to leadership. Do Nothing! is the first of a three part series focused on J. Keith Murnighan's book "Do Nothing!" and discusses balancing working vs. leading, how to succeed as leader by counterbalancing challenges, and to best manage a team.

Description: An overview of Olga Jacobs' professional development journey and how it helped her on her path to leadership.

Description: An essay on how the lyrics of the Simon and Garfunkel hit song helps the author keep perspective and be a better leader by slowing down and taking the time to listen and lead.

Description: This article explains why leaders should care about the culture at their organization.

Description: Leadership is a change in focus from trying to stand out as great to fading into the background and serving others. Don't seek being a Cult of Personality, rather seek to develop a Culture of Personality - built on relationships and empowering people.

Description: This is a review of of two of Patrick Lencioni's books on management and leadership. One addresses how to deal with team disfunctionality and the other is about improving meetings.

Description: This article is about the requirement of leadership and effective business development in the insurance industry.

Description: Actuaries must be able to present compelling arguments to win over their audience. For the first time, they may be managing a staff looking for direction, making recommendations to senior leaders, or trying to persuade non-actuarial colleagues who see the world differently. This series of articles is intended to educate young actuarial professionals on key business influencing skills that will be beneficial in the near term as well as throughout their careers. Part 1 is focused on leading and influencing a team.