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  • Zen Actuary Installment 18: Getting Back in the Water
    series that applies Buddhist philosophy to the actuary's daily activities. This installment discusses the challenges ... Rich Lauria The Stepping Stone, November 2021 Author’s note: This is the continuation of a series[1] adapted ...

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    • Authors: Richard J Lauria
    • Date: Nov 2021
    • Competency: Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • Body Talk
    Body Talk This article addresses how to best use body language to one's advantage Career ... article addresses how to best use body language to one's advantage Career planning, Millenials , Professional ...

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    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson
    • Date: Jun 2020
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • Are You an Empowering Leader?
    situational leadership model[1] is summarized in Table 1, which provides necessary background on terminology ... needs to direct but instead supports the staff member’s independent thinking. Finally, upon achieving mastery ...

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    • Authors: Russell Hendel
    • Date: Sep 2023
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Mentoring
  • What Would You Do? Bad Grooming
    What Would You Do? Bad Grooming A compilation of reader responses is presented to a real life ... leadership, or other business decision. This issue’s case study involved management hiring someone to make ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Jul 2019
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • What Would You Do? Responses to “What to Tell the Team?”
    leadership, or other business decision. This issue’s case study involved a very new actuarial manager trying ... certain types of work, and yelling at Kate. Selina’s prior manager hadn’t said anything about performance ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Jul 2023
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Taking Care of Employees
    “Quiet Quitting,” the act of doing exactly what one’s job requires and nothing more. “Quiet Quitting” may ... opportunities for growth that cause people to feel like there’s no point to doing anything above and beyond the basic ...

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    • Authors: Lori Weyuker
    • Date: Apr 2023
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Mentoring; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • The Deepest of Work Meetings
    as a leader, that it's okay to admit you're not okay even at work, and that it's important to find informal ... demonstrated insight into each other’s personalities, each other’s best qualities, and it was evident to ...

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    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson
    • Date: Nov 2023
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Mentoring; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Seven Tips on How to Succeed in Remote Interviews
    Seven Tips on How to Succeed in Remote Interviews This article is intended to provide young ... process. Even if the final round is in person, it’s likely you will encounter interim “remote” interviews ...

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    • Authors: Veeraj Mehta
    • Date: Sep 2021
    • Competency: Communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Qualifications; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice
  • How Great Leaders Provide Leadership
    How Great Leaders Provide Leadership This articles showcases the principles of effective servant ... discussing how to reconcile leading and serving. A s we build on the principles presented in this series ...

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    • Authors: Marcel Schwantes
    • Date: Nov 2016
    • Competency: Leadership>Change management; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Professional network leverage; Leadership>Thought leadership; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers