Description: The author reviews the attributes of Fast Risers. You can use their secret investing method of determining who to invest in and their innovative investment in these relationships to generate meaningful business relationships.

Description: This article is about focusing on what you can do and choosing to make the best of any situation.

Description: The December 2013/January 2014 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: This article addresses how to best use body language to one's advantage

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This panel presents an overview of current and future employment trends in each area of the actuarial profession. Topics include: skill development, marketability and future opportunity positioning.

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. This session explains how there is a fuzzy boundary between the actuarial area and the non-actuarial information technology 'IT' departments at most insurance companies. Panelists share first-hand experience of working relationships between actuarial and IT departments and the problems they have encountered.

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. Panelists share insights and techniques that have worked for them in managing the balance between keeping students productive while fostering exam success.

Description: This presentation from Session 54 of the SOA May 2004 Anaheim Spring Meeting discusses the importance of building a winning culture in order for a company to survive in today's increasingly complex, high-velocity, changing environment. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 1.

Description: As technology changes the insurance landscape, it is essential that companies adapt quickly while staying focused on customer needs. This presentation will show how Agile and Design Thinking methodologies can help business and technology teams quickly test new ideas and optimize value delivery.