Description: This article is about getting and using free educational resources and lists a variety of internet resources.

Description: This article compares the characteristics of a retained executive search and a contingency search. It discusses using a Retained Search firm from the candidates perspective.

Description: In this article the author talks about his experience from working at home and provides suggestions for a realistic work-at-home arrangement.

Description: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You by Faisal Siddiqi from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, April 2004, Issue No. 14.

Description: The author uses baseball as a comparison to the corporate world. The author notes it is about taking skills, talents and knowledge and doing the best you can 100% of the time and that is the tie breaking difference in baseball and business.

Description: This article is about the benefits of single-tasking which promises you will be happier and more successful. Tips are provided for success.

Description: Some additional seven-word phrases suggested by readers of the first article.

Description: This article differentiates between pleasure, happiness, and satisfaction. It advocates goal-setting to achieve greater life satisfaction.

Description: Discusses the processes of setting effective objective and development plans

Description: Actuaries must be able to present compelling arguments to win over their audience. For the first time, they may be managing a staff looking for direction, making recommendations to senior leaders, or trying to persuade non-actuarial colleagues who see the world differently. This series of articles is intended to educate young actuarial professionals on key business influencing skills that will be beneficial in the near term as well as throughout their careers. Part 1 is focused on leading and influencing a team.