Description: Tension by Michael Landrum from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, April 2004, Issue No. 14.

Description: The author encourages actuaries to improve their communication skills and gives tips for doing so.

Description: This article discusses how being coached can improve the performance of actuaries, deepen our learning capabilities and improve our quality of life.

Description: The author of this article offers techniques to deal all types of persons who interfere with spoken presentations.

Description: Readers are encouraged to attend the attend the Coaching for Performance session at the 2006 Life Spring meeting of the SOA.

Description: This article discusses the value of coaching. Three coaches share their experience.

Description: This article describes several techniques to use to improve your political competence to build your career.

Description: This article provides tips to being a successful moderator because your overall effectiveness will have a lot to do with what information you have in hand prior to the session you have the opportunity to make good sessions even better.

Description: The author discusses how small firms can compete successfully against big firms by cre¬ating a micro-niche business, because other firms—including big firms—cannot compete directly. In this way a small firm can compete against large firms with great success by stepping outside direct competi¬tion, in which it cannot hope to win. From ‘The Stepping Stone’ issue number 43.

Description: The author makes a call for volunteers to the Management and Personal Development Section, reminding members to vote in the upcoming section election, and to consider running in future elections as well as to consider other volunteer activities. The benefits of volunteering are discussed. From ‘The Stepping Stone’ issue number 43.