Description: In the Leadership & Development Section’s Leadership Inspiration Contest, entrants were asked to tell what inspired them to be a better actuarial leader. Here is an entry from the “Leadership Quote” category.

Description: Happiness and success in life require a certain amount of grit - the ability to keep moving forward. We even have the ability to choose to let our trials result in growth - Post Traumatic Growth. What doesn't kill us can make us stronger. Seeing is not believing, but rather believing is seeing!

Description: A discussion of how compassion and empathy, help us to move from "managing things" to "leading people". Also will ponder how we develop genuine compassion.

Description: A discussion of how compassion and empathy, help us to move from "managing things" to "leading people". Also will ponder how we develop genuine compassion.

Description: Leadership is a change in focus from trying to stand out as great to fading into the background and serving others. Don't seek being a Cult of Personality, rather seek to develop a Culture of Personality - built on relationships and empowering people.

Description: The article discusses how to create team synergy by building strong team bonds and promoting a culture of collaboration amidst friendly competition. It also notes that strong leadership is to lift up people and empower them.