Description: This article is about coming up with the next big idea the author encourages challenging the status quo and believes actuaries are uniquely equipped to view today's risks as opportunities.

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: The author of this article stresses that the greatest success comes from aligning what you are best at with what you love to do therefore, one should concentrate on figuring out how to achieve life goals within that area.

Description: An actuary reviews the book "What Got You Here Won't Get You There," by Marshall Goldsmith.

Description: How to secure an opportunity in a challenging job market.

Description: An actuary's review of the business classic "How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie.

Description: The author uses the example of a female matador to explore fixed and growth mindsets, and suggests ways to adjust beliefs to achieve greater success.

Description: This article encourages readers to consider sub-goals as well as their primary one, leading to greater goal-completion and mastery.

Description: In the Leadership & Development Section’s Leadership Inspiration Contest, entrants were asked to tell us what inspired them to be a better actuarial leader. Here is an entry from the Quote category.

Description: Darcy Eikenberg explains that while making career decisions is often difficult for people, it can be done more easily when paying attention to your emotions (rather than a 'pro/con' list).