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Leadership Inspiration: Feelin’ Groovy
Leadership Inspiration: Feelin’ Groovy An essay on how the lyrics of the Simon and Garfunkel hit song helps the author keep perspective and be a better leader by slowing down and taking the time ...- Authors: Mary Simmons
- Date: Feb 2016
- Competency: Relationship Management>Team leadership
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
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Leadership Inspiration: Dream Big
Leadership Inspiration: Dream Big In the Leadership & Development Section’s Leadership Inspiration Contest, entrants were asked to tell us what inspired them to be a better actuarial ...- Authors: Carlos Arocha
- Date: May 2016
- Competency: Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Thought leadership
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
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Zen Actuary Installment 8: "Adventures in Headstands"
Zen Actuary Installment 8: "Adventures in Headstands" The latest installment in a series of articles inspired by the book "Awake at Work" by Michael Carroll that ...- Authors: Richard J Lauria
- Date: May 2016
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Change management
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk appetite
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Diversity and the SOA
Diversity and the SOA The article describes my career in Diversity, starting at the workplace, and continuing during my current service on the Board. Readers should get ideas as to how they too ...- Authors: John Robinson
- Date: May 2016
- Competency: Leadership>Change management; Leadership>Influence; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust; Relationship Management>Team leadership
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
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What Would You Do? Sufficient Preparations
What Would You Do? Sufficient Preparations A case study involving a senior actuarial student and a former actuarial student who aren't on the same page. Interpersonal skills;Management ...- Authors: John West Hadley
- Date: Nov 2016
- Competency: Communication; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills
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What Would You Do? Responses to “A Difficult Discussion”
What Would You Do? Responses to “A Difficult Discussion” A compilation of reader responses to a real life management situation in which one actuary went over his boss's head.- Authors: John West Hadley
- Date: Jul 2017
- Competency: Communication; Leadership; Relationship Management
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills
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What Would You Do? Responses to “What to Tell the Team?”
What Would You Do? Responses to “What to Tell the Team?” A compilation of reader responses is presented to a real life situation posed involving a management, leadership, or other business ...- Authors: John West Hadley
- Date: Jul 2023
- Competency: Communication; Leadership; Relationship Management
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
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February issue of The Stepping Stone
February issue of The Stepping Stone February issue of The Stepping Stone Professional Development;Interpersonal Skills;Business Intelligence;Alternative careers;Management Skills;Strategic ...- Authors: Society of Actuaries
- Date: Feb 2016
- Competency: Communication>Active listening; Leadership>Change management; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust; Relationship Management>Staff management and motivation; Relationship Management>Team leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
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The Sunny Actuary
The Sunny Actuary Humor in the workplace can improve productivity. This article describes a typical office relationship problem and how humor helped disparate teams work together. Computer ...- Authors: Anthony Batory
- Date: Nov 2015
- Competency: Communication>Active listening; Communication>Difficult message delivery; Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Persuasive communication; Communication>Written communication; Relationship Management>Staff management and motivation; Relationship Management>Team leadership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
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What Would You Do? Responses to “Stay or Go?”
What Would You Do? Responses to “Stay or Go?” Reader responses to whether an actuary faced with unexpected negative financial results should cancel personal plans to deal with it immediately.- Authors: John West Hadley
- Date: Nov 2016
- Competency: Communication; Professional Values; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills