Description: It is about what I learned from a survival training and how it is related to my daily life.

Description: The editorial reflects on the opportunities for professional and personal development involved in being a contributing editor for The Actuary.

Description: Brains are lazy to conserve energy. This inclination must be overcome to achieve greater creativity and innovation.

Description: Managerially Speaking: Why Is the Machine Leaking? by Marcel Gingras from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, October 2004, Issue No. 16.

Description: In the midst of the activity and glitter of Times Square, one group of actuaries devoted an entire SOA meeting one morning to developing their communication knowledge and skills. The workshop titled, “Actuaries can Communicate,” was designed to identify ways to communicate more effectively as an actuary, to develop individual communication competence and to practice communication skills central to the work of an actuary. From The Stepping Stone, April 2005, Issue No. 18.

Description: One of the most underrated skills, when it comes to developing client relationships and personal relationships, for that matter, while serving your clients well and managing the people on your team, is the skill of listening. From The Stepping Stone, April 2005, Issue No. 18.

Description: This article examines the application of a twelve-step program to managerial situations thereby achieving more productive managerial behavior and greater effectiveness.

Description: This article stresses the importance of aligning goal-setting, prioritization and performance evaluation.

Description: This article presents lost career opportunity examples from lack of communication skills and a list of resources to help you work on building and improving your own skills.

Description: The author encourages planning ahead, setting the stage, facilitating effectively and time management as steps in creating meetings that are extremely valuable and and informative.