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: July 2019 issue of The Stepping Stone by Leadership & Development Section. practical information for actuaries, trends that impact section, section activities.

Description: Article about lessons learned from working with the Actuaries Without Borders Global Mentorship Program for a year.

Description: Chairman’s column describing the leadership positions of the Section Council.

Description: It was an honor, for Dr. Tianyang Wang, Co-Eeditor of Expanding Horizons, to have this Fireside Chat had a great conversation with Dr. Guillen Guillen Estany in January 2023, and invited her for this featured Fireside Chat interview which resulted in a great conversation.

Description: The webcast addresses the four stages of effective leadership, and the three main drivers of effective leadership. It provides several metrics for assessment. Use of these ideas allows any leader in a leader-subordinate situation to raise the level of the subordinate to mastery level. The material in the discussion is based on an article in Stepping Stones (Sep 2023), "Are you an Empowering Leader", by Russell Jay Hendel.

Description: Artificial intelligence is no longer an emerging technology — it is rapidly becoming the core engine of risk selection, pricing, underwriting, and customer interaction across insurance and financial services. But as models evolve into autonomous agentic systems and decision pipelines become more complex, traditional guardrails are being stress-tested like never before.

Description: News for the SOA International Section members

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 an actuarial hiring decision.

Description: The article provides a general description of the DISC assessment, and how it can be used in your professional and personal life.