Description: This article is an overview of the SOA Leadership & Development Section Council's current projects, recent accomplishments and some immediate focal points of the Leadership & Development Section Council's efforts.

Description: An argument for a lifelong study of the humanities for personal and intellectual development, as well as some advice to get started.

Description: A description of the ways that MPD section brings value to it's members.

Description: Fourth installment in an ongoing series of articles adapted from Michael Carroll's "Awake at Work", applying Buddhist principles to the challenges faced by actuaries. This installment examines the often chaotic work circumstances faced by actuaries and encourages the reader to see such situations as opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Description: This articles showcases the principles of effective servant leadership.

Description: Research shows humans have a proclivity to provide the wrong answer when others have done so. This article provides 3 ways to bolster independent thinking.

Description: Nov. 2017 issue of The Stepping Stone by Leadership & Development Section. practical information for actuaries, trends that impact section, section activities.

Description: Have you ever thought you did something very well just to be given feedback that proves you wrong? A leadership story that started with delegation.

Description: How do you distinguish yourself and your team, and make their contributions stand out? By articulating your 'superpower' in a natural way. Learn how.

Description: This article discusses the management experience gap. If management experience is a requirement for a manager level position, how does somebody ever get the chance to develop such experience? The author suggests volunteering time and energy in the community.