Description: A review of the book, You Don't Need a Title to Be a Leader, by Mark Sanborn. Throughout the book, you may need to rethink your concept of what a leader is. In addition to the concepts provided, Sanborn also provides leadership action points at the end of each section.

Description: Discusses the pitfalls and benefits in managing a consulting practice, the factors that lead to a successful business, and the use of management consultants. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: Article is about empowerment and working with your staff.

Description: How ‘good-enough’ can be better than reaching for the very best.

Description: Discussion of six important tips that can help lead to successful management of a team from by a remotely located manager.

Description: This article describes team dynamics of introverts and extroverts, with an actuarial audience in mind. The article references the works of author Susan Cain.

Description: In this paper, the author offers his advice on where to place both good and not-so-good actuaries in a company.

Description: In this interactive teaching session, number 115TS at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries held October 17-20 in San Francisco, the instructor discusses how businesses are seeking to improve retention. This session examines the costs of employee turnover, and trends, concepts, and practices presently producing results to reduce it. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: This article goes through effective ways to give, and ask for, feedback in real time