Description: Effective communication

Description: The author shared her personal experience in how to find a mentor and work with the mentor to improve her communication and managerial skills.

Description: Write for your readers. That's what you can do to ensure that your emails, reports, and model updates are clear and contain the appropriate level of detail.

Description: This article defines "elevator pitch" and why one is needed. A great elevator pitch is an indispensable competitive advantage that will accelerate your career progress. A poor one can leave you toiling in anonymity.

Description: On May 31, the Joint Risk Management (JRM) and Leadership & Development (L&D) sections held their regular book club session to discuss The Influential Actuary by David C. Miller. We had 50+ SOA members attend the meeting who passionately shared their experiences and engaged with the author. This article shares insights about the book and discussion.

Description: Self-management is your ability to use awareness of your emotions to stay flexible and direct your behavior positively. When you understand what you are feeling, you can effectively choose how to react. Knowing your individual tendencies can help you prepare for future events by consciously deciding to change or adjust your behavior when certain situations occur. The article shares strategies, examples and personal insights to illustrate how to develop the skill of self-management.

Description: A real life situation is posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision, and readers are invited to submit the irresponses to "What Would You Do?" This issue’s case study involved a staff performance issue faced by an actuary new to management.

Description: Career planning

Description: Adapted from portion of book titled "Awake at Work" by Michael Carroll, applying Buddhist philosophy to the reality that all employment arrangements and careers, even those of actuaries, must come to an end.