Description: A compilation of reader responses is presented to a real life situation posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision. This issue’s case study involved a very new actuarial manager trying to deal with a disruptive employee.

Description: Read the September 2020 issue of The Stepping Stone published by the Leadership & Development Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Read the November 2020 issue of The Stepping Stone published by Leadership & Development Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: May 2020 issue of The Stepping Stone by Leadership & Development Section. practical information for actuaries, trends that impact section, section activities

Description: This article, based on the book, True Professionalism by David H. Maister, offers four tests that a leader must meet.

Description: This article finds that there has never been a greater need for exceptional leadership and that great team performance begins with assessing the dynamics of your team and uncovering the greatest collaborative opportunities.

Description: This article identifies four root causes of poor performance and four remedies to address them that every leader should know.

Description: Describes the benefits of developing a personal leadership brand, including tactics and learning from others to bring our the best of your leadership abilities.

Description: The author relates what he's learned about selling from having a royall painful toothache.

Description: Feature article that is the third in a series that deals with the challenges and opportunities actuaries face as leaders.