Description: Mentorship. Leadership, Coaching, Teamwork. Recognizing the benefits of a diverse workforce

Description: The Younger Actuaries Network, YAN, is a special interest subgroup within the SOA’s Actuary of the Future Section. YAN has aimed to fill a void for actuaries across experience levels, disciplines and employers by giving them a means of interacting and learning from one another. This article discusses a networking event.

Description: It is a description of the 13 subgroups which currently exist, gives a brief description of the expectations of a subgroup leader, and a request for volunteers.

Description: February issue of The Stepping Stone

Description: This paper by Harry M. Sarason, presented at the Eastern Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held March 24-25, 1960 in Washington, D.C., and the ensuing discussion, considers how to dispel, in layman’s terms, the misconception that “an annuity for the expectation of life is the same as the average value of the life annuity.” From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12, No. 33.

Description: This article discusses the value of coaching. Three coaches share their experience.

Description: Information and examples from the Younger Actuaries Network mentoring program

Description: Principle #4: People make buying decisions based on emotion and justify these decisions with logic. To be influential, we need to take into account both logic and emotion. Of the two, emotion is a much more powerful motivating force. Unfortunately, too many people ignore the emotional component and focus solely on logic - neglecting what compels people to buy.

Description: Read the November 2017 issue of Actuary of the Future, published by the Actuary of the Future Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: This book review explores leadership tips from the book: The Intangibles of Leadership: The 10 Qualities of Superior Executive Performance.