Description: Personal Opinion The Perils of PowerPoint Slides by James Gray from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, January 2004, Issue No. 13.

Description: To Better Communication by Vincent G. Mace, Jr. from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, October 2004, Issue No. 16.

Description: This article provides guidelines to help you to take charge of your career by creating visibility for yourself.

Description: Business dining is an effective relationship-building tool. This article provides guidelines to help you prepare for hidden dangers in advance so as to maximize the opportunities.

Description: The final part in a series of 4 on landing your dream job: The interview. The author covers the the final two steps: Avoid the Q&A interview and Focus on the challenges.

Description: A key to achieving the visibility gained by those who are truly politically savvy is to keep a clear focus on challenges, so that those become visible to others.

Description: Emails are to the business world what cars are to a road trip: we can't get anywhere without them. This article offers 6 specific strategies to write emails more effectively. The theme is that re-reading your emails to check for a clear goal, conciseness, appropriate tone, etc. is a worthwhile time investment as it saves your reader time and prevents problems caused by miscommunication.

Description: Technology In Microinsurance This literature review provides insights on emerging technologies that ... the actuarial profession within the space of microinsurance for the purpose of establishing a frame of ... Description: This literature review provides insights on emerging technologies that interact with the actuarial profession within the space of microinsurance for the purpose of establishing a frame of reference for actuaries to use in their work. Furthermore, it intends to spark readers’ interest in, and create a vision for, how microinsurance and its associated technologies may impact the actuarial industry in the future.

Description: The author briefly describes a hypothetical example of several unconscious biases in the workplace, drawing upon the behavioral economics work of Kahneman and Tversky. He presents data to refute the snap judgments that are all too common in human interaction.

Description: Five Quick Ways to Improve Your Leadership in 2020