Description: A compilation of reader responses is presented to a real life situation posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision. This issue’s case study involved whether an actuary who had recently started consulting should consider a job offer to return to a corporate role.

Description: The article describes my career in Diversity, starting at the workplace, and continuing during my current service on the Board. Readers should get ideas as to how they too can work towards improving Diversity and Inclusion in our workplaces and our profession.

Description: A case study involving a senior actuarial student and a former actuarial student who aren't on the same page.

Description: February issue of The Stepping Stone

Description: Reader responses to whether an actuary faced with unexpected negative financial results should cancel personal plans to deal with it immediately.

Description: An actuary's review of the business classic "How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie.

Description: Four ways in which actuaries can effectively work to help successfully implement system development projects.

Description: The author provides examples of what NOT to do at work to get along with your co-workers so you can be mindful of your responsibility to behave honorable in the workplace.

Description: To persuade successfully and non-manipulatively, it’s important to understand five key principles of influence. In this four-part series, I’ll be covering these five principles that are based on human psychology and behavior. Let’s look at the first two now.

Description: Read the November 2016 issue of The Stepping Stone published by the Leadership & Development Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.