Description: Learn to distinguish yourself from everyone else, starting with how you introduce yourself to networking contacts, hiring managers and executives.

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)

Description: Chairperson’s Corner by Simcha A. Segal from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, July 2003, Issue No. 12.

Description: As you begin your planning on improving your communication skills, here are some suggestions on where to begin your plan.

Description: This article is about communication and how hard it is.

Description: Do you wish you could be more effective? Would you like a few keys to being effective? In the June 2004 Harvard Business Review, Peter Drucker wrote an article titled “What Makes an Effective Executive.” As I read it I realized that it applies to all of us, not just executives. Applying these practices will make us better actuaries regardless of the level we’re at. From The Stepping Stone, January 2005, Issue No. 17.

Description: Chairperson’s Corner by Simcha A. Segal from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, March 2003, Issue No. 11.

Description: We often find ourselves at the bottom of the list, with the attitude that if there is time left after all the others are looked after, then I will do something for myself. We do this at work, when we think about taking a development class, only if there is nothing else on the calendar. From The Stepping Stone, April 2005, Issue No. 18.

Description: Your training as an actuary is not finished just because you have earned a credential. The exam process was (and is) just the beginning of your career. Look for opportunities to learn and improve as you continue your actuarial career. Practice and hone your communication skills so what you know can be used by those around you.

Description: The chairperson thanks the council and others who have helped during her tenure.