Description: The author offers advice on maintaining your value and effectiveness which could be negatively impacted by an environmental change and presents a change management model that can be used for self evaluation in handling change and for development of the skill in helping others deal with change.

Description: Effective communication

Description: This article provides a description, definition and protocol to increase resilience, the ability to bounce back from adversities, large and small.

Description: This article explains what to do when you've concluded that a job or assignment isn't for you.

Description: A long-running Japanese TV show asks the question -- "What is a Professional?". In reviewing a handful of recent profiles - Okonomiyaki chef, a bus driver, Granny Mochi, and a fish broker - we find out various aspects of what makes a professional. These can apply to actuarial work as well as any field of endeavor

Description: This article describes the Leadership and Development initiatives in 2017 and a challenge to think differently in the new year

Description: Based on a decades-long study, honesty is the most important quality in a leader. This article addresses ways to establish trust with their co-workers.

Description: Applying Agile Methodologies to Manage Work and Drive Value is intended as an overview of the SCRUM, Kanban, and Lean methods of managing work in constantly changing environments. The value it provides is to draw awareness to the various methods that exist when the goal is to perform work with agility. There are three main sources of information within this version: scrumalligance.org, kanban.university, and lean.org for reference.

Description: The article covers 6 actions that leaders can do to cut down on over-load, remove stress and keep targeted on priority items. Reducing multi-tasking is key.

Description: A transcript of questions and responses from the 2016 Nashville Life and Annuity Symposium Actuaries in the C-Suite session.