Description: This article discusses the determination of the proper level of centralization of functions in a company. The author makes the case that more is not always better.

Description: A book review of The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker.

Description: Even if you are analytic and process oriented, you have the ability to be great at selling.

Description: The author shares the importance of creating a personal development plan.

Description: A review of the book, "How to be a Finance Rock Star--The Small Business Owner's Ticket to Platinum Profits" by actuary Nicole Fende.

Description: Interview with Allan Ryan.

Description: A real life situation is posed involving an actuarial management decision, and readers are invited to suggest "What Would You Do?"

Description: A compilation of reader responses is presented to a real life situation posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision. This issue’s case study involved an actuarial hiring decision.

Description: The article provides a general description of the DISC assessment, and how it can be used in your professional and personal life.

Description: Article presents the basic terminology and theory of attribution theory, the theory explaining the causes that people attribute their successes and failures to. The article reviews i) typical attributions(e.g. effort, luck), ii) dimensions of attribution (controllability, stability), iii) useful and non-useful attributions, and iv) attribution retraining and v) other aspects of the theory (such as accompanying emotions)