Description: Servant leadership article in the series.

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

Description: What it takes to lead teams is significantly different from what it takes to excel as an individual contributor. A leader's first mistakes is to think they have to do the same things they did before just with more volume and greater speed. Leading a team requires a transition to new behaviors and mindset. This article attempts to give you a few ideas to make the transition from leading yourself to leading others

Description: The authors share eight vulnerabilities that leaders need to watch out for.

Description: The article hits highlights of of an annual meeting session that featured Sue Ann Collins, Sharon Giffen, and Tonya Manning discussing everything from career development to work life balance.

Description: What does rappelling down a building have to do with an actuarial career? One actuary connects the dots between her personal interests and her career trajectory. Read on to find out how you too can piece together this puzzle of hobby and career!

Description: A summary of the MPD section's involvement with the 2013 SOA Annual Meeting.

Description: A look back over the past 3 years on the MPD council.

Description: The author briefly describes a hypothetical example of several unconscious biases in the workplace, drawing upon the behavioral economics work of Kahneman and Tversky. He presents data to refute the snap judgments that are all too common in human interaction.

Description: The transition from personal producer to manager/leader is a shift that can be difficult for many professionals, including actuaries. Appreciating and understanding the fundamental differences between the two roles is critical to success.