Description: This article provides public speaking guidelines.

Description: This article presents lost career opportunity examples from lack of communication skills and a list of resources to help you work on building and improving your own skills.

Description: The appeal of the actuarial profession to women.

Description: Chairperson's Corner - introduces the issue and the SOA's initiative on diversity, as well as introduces Murnighan's diverse approach to leadership. Do Nothing! is the first of a three part series focused on J. Keith Murnighan's book "Do Nothing!" and discusses balancing working vs. leading, how to succeed as leader by counterbalancing challenges, and to best manage a team.

Description: How to offer constructive criticism and use it as a tool to improve work processes, nurture business relationships and get the outcomes you want.

Description: Chairperson's Corner from the The Stepping Stone, January 2006, Issue No. 21.

Description: The author notes the changes in the marketplace and the actuarial profession over the last 20 years as a result of technology and demographic changes.

Description: Discusses how if you can learn to find out what your employees need from you, you can do a better job of managing those employees

Description: The author shared her personal experience in how to find a mentor and work with the mentor to improve her communication and managerial skills.

Description: The Women’s Leadership Forum at the 2014 SOA Annual Meeting offered female actuaries an opportunity to learn some useful career advice from Diane Schumaker-Krieg, global head of Research, Economics and Strategy at Wells Fargo.The session concluded with a few remarks from Anna Rappaport about a new report on retirement risks for women and related issues.