Description: Negotiation has been a critical skill for me for most of my career. I’ve worked as a product actuary, represented a major distributor and now I’m a reinsurance intermediary. Technical actuarial skills were never my strength. However, I’m often able to get parties with differing goals to find a common ground, enabling a project to be completed to everyone’s satisfaction. From The Stepping Stone, April 2005, Issue No. 18.

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: The Power Of Decision Making by David C. Miller from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, January 2004, Issue No. 13.

Description: This is a tongue-in-cheek look at a study ranking Actuary as the number one job in the U.S. It riffs on the study's flaws and the article's implied takeaways and then suggests some serious points to ponder when considering career choices.

Description: Protecting the Future Image of the Actuary by Sim Segal from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, October 2004, Issue No. 16.

Description: Feature article describing a hypothetical workplace dilemma and asking readers for answers to the problem.

Description: Article addresses how to effectively motivate volunteers.

Description: It is well established that empowerment of staff is a critical leadership trait. But what are the metrics to recognize that you have achieved it? What steps enable this achievement? Which psychological attributes explain its efficacy?This article proposes to answer these questions through a multi-disciplinary examination of empowerment in the context of three leadership domains.

Description: The author offers tips to managers in how to bring a team together to meet company goals.