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  • What Would You Do? Responses to “What to Tell the Team?”
    that worked for her. Seek out more advice from her direct supervisor or a mentor before rushing into any ... current role, Kate should meet with HR and her direct supervisor to discuss appropriate next steps. Through ...

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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
  • What Would You Do? Responses to “Communication Confusion”
    communication skills, though these felt perhaps with some care: I would share Freddy’s comments with Jin only in ... is using verbal communication effectiveness as a direct evaluator of performance. People tend to dismiss ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Feb 2022
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Code of Conduct; Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Mentoring
  • What Would You Do? Responses to “Stay or Go?”
    ball rolling on the research by instructing my direct reports to start gathering information that pertains ... commitments outside work as a consideration of self-care. I would hope that his employer makes the decision ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Nov 2016
    • Competency: Communication; Professional Values; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • What Would You Do? Responses to “To Consult or Not to Consult”
    consulting on a variety of assignments but with no direct ownership over the long-term success of any client ... what a consulting actuary offers as well. The primary difference is that the employed actuary has but ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Aug 2016
    • Competency: Communication; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • What Would You Do? Responses to “Is it a Red Flag?”
    What Would You Do? Responses to “Is it a Red Flag?” In this real life case study, an actuarial ... Samantha applied for this job instead of ones with direct reports or higher-level jobs. Why should I rearrange ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Apr 2024
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • How To Hire The Best Candidates
    How To Hire The Best Candidates This article summarizes how to hire the best employees. Hiring ... producing, his or her attention to detail and the care with which they approach their work. It also gives ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Feb 2007
    • Competency: Leadership
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • Dear Stepping Stone: Blindsided by Employee
    Dear Stepping Stone: Blindsided by Employee A letter to the editor of Stepping Stone regarding ... to your employee, but now your boss will be a direct witness to how you discuss things, and your employee ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Jul 2009
    • Competency: Relationship Management>Staff management and motivation
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • What Would You Do? Responses to “Opportunity Knocks?”
    For several years, he has been Harvey’s only direct report, and their previously strong relationship ... boss), with no staff, and that Michael’s prior direct re- ports will now report to Harvey. Michael is ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Feb 2016
    • Competency: Communication; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • Building Influence
    Building Influence How to apply the principles of building influence to networking meetings and ... When you approach networking meetings in a very direct, straight-line approach toward your goal, you ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Nov 2017
    • Competency: Communication
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • Manage Tension to Create Influence
    Manage Tension to Create Influence This article describes and shows how to apply an often ... nutshell, the basic concept is that there are two primary types of tension: relationship tension and buying ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Aug 2015
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills