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  • We Don’t Refer to Years Now: It’s Pre-COVID or Post-COVID
    We Don’t Refer to Years Now: It’s Pre-COVID or Post-COVID This article is about small business changes ... Small Talk, August 2022 When the pandemic hit the U.S. in March 2020, work life certainly changed for most ...

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    • Authors: Tamara Lea Wilt
    • Date: Jul 2022
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Relationship Management; Results-Oriented Solutions
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • Training Lessons from the French Chef: Being Resourceful and Making Mistakes
    and Making Mistakes Taking a look at Julia Child's signature TV show The French Chef, and how aspects ... in a replica of Child’s kitchen), “Julia” (2021 documentary, covering Child’s life), “Julie & Julia” ...

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    • Authors: Mary Campbell
    • Date: Jun 2022
    • Competency: Communication; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Mentoring
  • Reinvigorate Your Actuarial Career
    would recommend picking up a copy of Dave Miller’s The Influential Actuary.[1]) In the course of my career ... industry) understand the benefits you bring to the table, opportunities will naturally find you. In my own ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Aug 2022
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Zen Actuary 19: Cultivating Gratitude
    Rich Lauria The Stepping Stone, March 2022 Author’s note: This is the continuation of a series[1] adapted ... year holidays—from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day—typically provide an extended opportunity for ...

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    • Authors: Richard J Lauria
    • Date: Feb 2022
    • Competency: Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • The Zen Actuary Installment 20: The Praise and Blame Game
    Lauria The Stepping Stone, September 2022 Author’s note: This is the continuation of a series[1] adapted ... enormous influence over the fortunes of many people’s assets. These two conditions open actuaries to significant ...

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    • Authors: Richard J Lauria
    • Date: Aug 2022
    • Competency: Communication; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Mentoring
  • What Would You Do? Responses to “Communication Confusion”
    leadership, or other business decision. This issue’s case study involved a dilemma involving an ASA who ... work together, Carlos’ ear gets acclimated to Jin’s accent, and Jin enthusiastically agrees to have Carlos ...

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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
  • Positive Leadership
    University of Michigan professor of management Kim S. Cameron, PhD, in his book, Practicing Positive Leadership: ... Positive leadership has been linked to an organization’s positive outcomes (via the individual) in job satisfaction ...

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    • Authors: Lori Weyuker
    • Date: Oct 2022
    • Competency: Leadership
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • The Path from Technical Contributor to Leader
    learning and development goals and link them to the team’s goal and your day-to-day work. Do good work and be ... come to you.” “Being a leader is not about you, it's about the team that you're working with. It is about ...

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    • Date: Oct 2022
    • Competency: Leadership; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Overcoming Personal Bias in Risk Messaging
    requires a softer skillset—preventing management’s past experiences from influencing how data is perceived ... condemn it as an improbable fiction.” -Shakespeare’s The Twelfth Night Figure 1 Requested Data Grouping ...

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    • Date: Dec 2022
    • Competency: Leadership; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • A Review of John Lewis Gaddis' On Grand Strategy
    of strategic thinking, and discusses human nature’s propensity to folly in critical moments. It does so ... their characters, like Andrew Bolkonsky in Tolstoy’s War and Peace. The emphasis on historical events is ...

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    • Authors: Carlos Eduardo Fuentes
    • Date: Jan 2022
    • Competency: Leadership
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Global Perspectives; Global Perspectives>Geopolitical risks