Description: The article discusses how to create team synergy by building strong team bonds and promoting a culture of collaboration amidst friendly competition. It also notes that strong leadership is to lift up people and empower them.

Description: Discussion of the value of section membership, what the MPD section accomplished in 2012, and activities the section has planned for 2013.

Description: With increasing demand for quality new-hires, it is increasingly important to hire the most impactful employees. Actuaries who think creatively can have a disproportionately positive effect on their employers. In this article, we discuss how to identify this type of person during the interview process.

Description: Providing ways to master the art of soft skills and embracing agility to propel actuarial success in today's market.

Description: February issue of The Stepping Stone

Description: A summary of the MPD section's involvement with the 2013 SOA Annual Meeting.

Description: The authors share eight vulnerabilities that leaders need to watch out for.

Description: A personal reflection on actuarial leadership

Description: To persuade successfully and non-manipulatively, it's important to understand five key principles of influence. Principle #5: A person will more likely be influenced if you help them get to the heart of the matter.

Description: No matter what you do, you are in sales in some way. The word, "sales" or "selling" brings up negative connotations for many people. It may be helpful to think of it as "influence". Whether you're a sales professional, coach, consultant or executive - there are key stakeholders in your world you need to influence. To persuade successfully and non-manipulatively, it's important to understand five key principles of influence. Principle #3 is covered here.