Description: TAXING TIMES recently sat down with a group of retired tax actuaries to hear about how they got involved in actuarial tax matters and how their tax experience impacted their careers. Their insights will be useful for actuaries who are just starting out in the profession, as well as more seasoned actuaries.

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

Description: This article offers a simple three step process to making the time to deal with long-term strategic issues.

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: A discussion of why so few actuaries break through the “math ceiling” to emerge as true business leaders. Certain skills and behaviors necessary for effective leadership are not innate in people drawn to the actuarial profession.

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: 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: How the quote, "Wherever you are, be all there" inspires my leadership

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