Description: Analytics, big data and predictive modeling are red-hot buzzwords and compelling mandates in the insurance industry. As the demand for analytics and big data continues to increase, how does the actuarial experience and perspective fit in? Margaret Resce Milkint of The Jacobson Group discusses the current state of the analytics field and strategies for ensuring that actuaries and their skill set remain relevant in the growing word of analytics.

Description: Book review of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, by David Allen.

Description: The author offers his seven-word maxims for work / life balance and development of a personal leadership foundation.

Description: Three ways to ask for more support at work if you have ever found yourself overwhelmed by your to-do list at work and know you’re capable of doing the things on the list but wonder whether you SHOULD be doing some of them.

Description: What it takes to lead teams is significantly different from what it takes to excel as an individual contributor. A leader's first mistakes is to think they have to do the same things they did before just with more volume and greater speed. Leading a team requires a transition to new behaviors and mindset. This article attempts to give you a few ideas to make the transition from leading yourself to leading others

Description: July 2017 issue of The Stepping Stone by Leadership & Development Section. practical information for actuaries, trends that impact section, section activities

Description: Leadership writing contest entry for Admirable Leader category. Lessons in the importance of speaking up from Alexander Hamilton.

Description: "We are what we do," is the assumption behind this article. It describes how a person can complete key projects by starting in 15-minute increments.

Description: This article is intended to provide young actuarial professionals and job seekers with tips on succeeding in remote interviews.

Description: The author describes the Society of Actuaries’ Competency Framework [CF], and discusses how actuaries can benefit from using the CF Self-Assessment Tool, which measures your skill level for each of the eight competencies. At the end of the assessment, a PDF file is generated that graphically shows your results along with all the supporting detail. From ‘The Stepping Stone’ issue number 43.