Description: Take Charge of Your Success — Embrace Personal Development by Lisa Bull from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, July 2004, Issue No. 15.

Description: A real life situation is posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision. This is the compilation of responses to "What Would You Do?" for a case study that involved a management dilemma.

Description: This article describes and shows how to apply an often overlooked but crucial concept to build influence in conversations, tension management.

Description: This first of the series of sticky situations addresses the dangers of negative conflict within a project team. To get to the root of the problem you'll need to data mine or dig beneath the surface to find the aggravations.

Description: Brief summary of a timely book on increasing workforce engagement.

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

Description: A comprehensive webcast designed to bring together industry practitioners to discuss the current state of Model Risk Management (MRM) frameworks. This event will delve into the advancements in MRM, the challenges faced by professionals in the field, and emerging trends such as machine learning model validation that are set to shape the future of MRM. Engage with experts, share knowledge, and explore innovative solutions to enhance the effectiveness of your MRM framework.

Description: Join us in this webinar where we explore the intricate relationship between Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) and insurance, diving into the art of risk management within this industry. Gain a comprehensive understanding of the diverse insurance products offered by PEOs, the positioning of PEOs in the actuarial landscape, and the strategic navigation of regulatory challenges.

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: This publication presents an exploratory framework that applies volatility signals—specifically the VIX and MOVE indices—to asset allocation decisions. Rather than prescribing a definitive model, the work highlights a potential pathway for linking equity and bond market risk expectations to portfolio construction. The analysis demonstrates how relative volatility between asset classes can inform dynamic weighting, opening the door to more adaptive strategies in shifting market environments. Importantly, this is not intended as a finished methodology, but as a foundation on which more experienced professionals can build. Readers with advanced backgrounds in finance, risk management, or quantitative analysis are encouraged to refine, stress-test, and extend the framework to suit their own investment contexts. By positioning the concept as a starting point rather than a conclusion, the publication invites collaboration and deeper exploration into how volatility-based metrics may enhance long-term allocation models.