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  • From The Editor
    From The Editor It is already November and the end of 2013 is around the corner—for many of us, the year, once again, has slipped through our fingers.By Carlos Fuentes ...
    • Authors: Carlos Sanchez-Fuentes
    • Date: Nov 2013
    • Competency: Leadership>Change management
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism
  • From the Editors
    From the Editors Technical expertise, the hallmark of our profession, is a necessary but not sufficient condition for success. Over time this statement has become more relevant. By Carlos ...
    • Authors: Stephen James, Carlos Sanchez-Fuentes
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership>Mentoring; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • Starting Meetings Right
    Starting Meetings Right Start your meetings right, and they are more likely to end right. Remember OARRs (Outcomes, Agenda, Roles and Rules). ; by Jay W. Vogt Start your meetings right, and they ...
    • Authors: Jay W Vogt
    • Date: May 2012
    • Competency: Communication>Active listening; Communication>Persuasive communication
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • From The EAS Chairperson: Service and Change Are the Continued Emphasis
    From The EAS Chairperson: Service and Change Are the Continued Emphasis The cross-section of articles in this edition of The Independent Consultant continue to build on the themes of "service" ...
    • Authors: Nickolas Ortner
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: Communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism
  • From the Chairperson: The Progress Continues
    From the Chairperson: The Progress Continues It is hard to believe we are just about halfway through the current council year. We are making good progress with our initiatives that I described in ...
    • Authors: Kevin Pledge
    • Date: May 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • The Personal Actuary: A New Star in the Universe of Financial Advisors
    The Personal Actuary: A New Star in the Universe of Financial Advisors This article discusses the services a personal actuary can provide. Financial planning;Retirement planning; <!-- ...

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    • Authors: Paul Richmond
    • Date: Jan 2007
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism
  • Academic Actuaries
    Academic Actuaries An interview featuring Jeff Zheng, an actuary-in-residence and assistant professor of practice at the University of Notre Dame in the Applied and Computational Mathematics and ...
    • Authors: Jeffrey Zheng
    • Date: Feb 2016
    • Competency: Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Thought leadership
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • From the Editors
    From the Editors “Entrepreneurship and Innovation are the themes of our section. Can we map them?” The articles in this issue answer that question and more. By Stephen James and Carlos Fuentes ...
    • Authors: Carlos Sanchez-Fuentes, Stephen James
    • Date: Aug 2016
    • Competency: Leadership>Professional network leverage
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism
  • Energize Your Clients and Audiences
    Energize Your Clients and Audiences When presenting their work, some people are able to energize and elicit an enthusiastic acceptance, while others tend to "deflate" the room. The authors ...
    • Authors: Elena Petricone
    • Date: Aug 2016
    • Competency: Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Persuasive communication
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • From The EAS Chairperson: How EAS Is Defining Service And Change
    From The EAS Chairperson: How EAS Is Defining Service And Change Continuing to emphasize the themes of “service” and “change,” … take a brief look at how the Entrepreneurial Actuaries Section ...
    • Authors: Nickolas Ortner
    • Date: May 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism