Description: The author provides his ten rules for giving a great speech.

Description: The chairperson notes changes to the section's mission and its involvement in helping to develop business and communication skills of its members.

Description: How you can use your motivation and persistence to become an optimist.

Description: How to offer constructive criticism and use it as a tool to improve work processes, nurture business relationships and get the outcomes you want.

Description: It feels safe letting someone else be the boss. But it's risky, too. The way to minimize the risks--no matter what your work--is to become the boss of your own career. Learn simple steps here.

Description: Professional Development tips in the area of business networking and relationship development. Increase your industry knowledge, expand your network by learning to comfortably engage with others in purposeful relevant conversations at business events.

Description: Adapted from Chapter 1 of the book "Awake at Work" by Michael Carroll, the article discusses the ongoing dilemma the actuary faces in determining the appropriate amount of effort and analysis to put into a given actuarial assignment being juggled with several competing priorities.

Description: The article covers the definition of a strength, how to recognize strengths and block weaknesses, how to perform a strengths self-assessment, and ways to effectively describe our strengths to others.

Description: Servant leadership article in the series.

Description: A real life situation is posed involving a management challenge between 3 actuaries. Readers are invited to submit their responses to "What Would You Do?"