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  • The Deepest of Work Meetings
    they worked. After a year of working remotely, COVID-19 rates were spiking again. It was an anxious time ... members were assigned to choose an activity for the group and to facilitate the happy hour. This week, they ...

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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
  • Leadership and Development: Where Do We Go Now
    other council members through the results of a survey that compared employer views of actuaries against ... professions, including finance MBAs.3 According to that survey, actuaries ranked significantly higher in quantitative ...

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    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson
    • Date: Nov 2019
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Professional Values; Relationship Management; Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession
  • R-E-S-P-E-C-T
    R-E-S-P-E-C-T This article addresses the importance of remembering to respect ourselves and ... There was constant uncertainty and anxiety as COVID-19 spread across the globe. All these factors upended ...

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    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson
    • Date: May 2021
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Competencies
  • Why I Dress Up for (Remote) Work
    even while working remotely- can help create work / life balance when the day is done. By Mitchell Stephenson ... needed a method to disconnect my work from my home life. I needed that because for the first time ever, ...

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    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson
    • Date: Feb 2024
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Transformational Vocabulary: One Word Can Make All the Difference
    video and life-training programs. In the blog post “Change Your Words, Change Your Life,” Robbins writes ... For example, if your boss previously wanted a report from you in one week, and now she wants it in three ...

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    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson
    • Date: Sep 2019
    • Competency: Leadership
    • Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession
  • 20 Years Later: An Interview with Michael Braunstein
    Committee. Michael helped change the structure of the group—from a committee to a section—and in doing so, ... (the cowardly lion). This applies to everything in life, whether you are running your own business, giving ...

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    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson
    • Date: Oct 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Professional network leverage; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • A+ Stephenson (Or, How I Learned to Succeed from Failure)
    and exams, at work, and in aspects of my personal life. That formula for turning around failure to success ... I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” Mitchell Stephenson ...

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    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson
    • Date: Apr 2024
    • Competency: Professional Values; Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • The Ethisphere Gender Diversity Forum
    The Ethisphere Gender Diversity Forum This article describes the reasons that diversity in business ... that relatively few respondents in the Ethisphere survey indicated that their diver- sity policies were ...

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    • Authors: Kelly Hennigan, Mitchell Stephenson
    • Date: Nov 2017
    • Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • A Change Will Do You Good
    A Change Will Do You Good By Mitchell Stephenson A discussion on embracing change effectively. ... social media. It features a presenter asking a group of professionals, “Who wants change?” Every person ...
    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson
    • Date: May 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
  • Building, Retaining and Growing Diverse Teams
    Building, Retaining and Growing Diverse Teams The authors discuss best practices in building, retaining, ... versity-matters 2 Population Reference Bureau survey, 2008. http://www.prb.org/pdf08/ scientistprof ...

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    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson, Linda Lankowski
    • Date: Nov 2016
    • Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Relationship Management>Staff management and motivation; Relationship Management>Team leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills