Description: In this interactive teaching session, number 115TS at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries held October 17-20 in San Francisco, the instructor discusses how businesses are seeking to improve retention. This session examines the costs of employee turnover, and trends, concepts, and practices presently producing results to reduce it. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: In this article, the author invites the readers to write in to suggest what corporate management or personal development message is implied in this article. The author uses Little League Baseball as an analogy for the corporate actuarial world.

Description: Two hundred eighty-one actuaries signed up by Sept. 1, 1998 for the Society of Actuaries’ Management and Personal Development Section. This article describes the activities of this newest SOA Section.

Description: The author uses baseball as a comparison to the corporate world. The author notes it is about taking skills, talents and knowledge and doing the best you can 100% of the time and that is the tie breaking difference in baseball and business.

Description: This teaching session, number 80TS, was presented at the 1999 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 24-25 in Atlanta. The instructors focus on increasing the awareness of managers to motivate, stimulate, and challenge their difficult employees. A variety of techniques and tools that assist managers to increase productivity and maximize performance capacity are provided. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 1.

Description: In this paper, the author offers his advice on where to place both good and not-so-good actuaries in a company.