Description: In this article the author asserts that if you approach a cover letter as a marketing letter, it can be a powerful weapon in your arsenal.

Description: The chairperson thanks the council and others who have helped during her tenure.

Description: It is well established that empowerment of staff is a critical leadership trait. But what are the metrics to recognize that you have achieved it? What steps enable this achievement? Which psychological attributes explain its efficacy?This article proposes to answer these questions through a multi-disciplinary examination of empowerment in the context of three leadership domains.

Description: This is the first installment of a two-part series that aims to provide valuable insights on how a new (re)insurance company can become an attractive destination for actuaries (Part I) and then how to retain them (Part II), thereby facilitating the company’s long-term growth.

Description: In his book The Power of Habit (2012), Charles Duhigg tells a tale of finding common ground and reaching consensus on change. The common ground that was sought between warring corporate tribes was mutually beneficial, not just to achieve the ends to which those changes were aimed, but also for the cooperation that they engendered across the entire organization.

Description: Leadership Through Mastery of Soft Skills by Jim Blair from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, July 2004, Issue No. 15.

Description: The editor highlights the articles in this newsletter and points out how they cover a variety of business-savvy categories.

Description: The author discusses the importance of branding yourself and provides ideas to assist you in that process.

Description: The author of this article offers alternative answers when we are asked, as actuaries, what we do for a living.

Description: Shortsighted goals may seem expedient at the time, but long-term success is not found by following the crowd.