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  • What Would You Do? Responses to “Go for the Offer?”

    What Would You Do? Responses to “Go for the Offer?” A compilation of reader responses is presented to a real life situation posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision.

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Feb 2014
    • Competency: Communication; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • WHAT WOULD YOU DO? A Tough Choice

    WHAT WOULD YOU DO? A Tough Choice Should Sam take a temporary assignment paying less than his former job, or continue searching full time? What Would You Do? Interpersonal skills;Management ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Nov 2017
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership>Mentoring; Professional Values; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • Why I Dress Up for (Remote) Work

    Why I Dress Up for (Remote) Work This article describes why dressing up - even while working remotely- can help create work / life balance when the day is done. By Mitchell Stephenson The ...

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    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson
    • Date: Feb 2024
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • What Would You Do? Responses to “A Questionable Actuarial Recruiter”

    What Would You Do? Responses to “A Questionable Actuarial Recruiter” A compilation of reader responses is presented to a real life situation. This issue’s case study involved an actuary trying to ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Apr 2025
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession
  • WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Parting Company

    WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Parting Company A real life situation is posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision, and readers are invited to submit their responses to "What Would ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Nov 2019
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Mentoring; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Why I Said It Would Be Worth It

    Why I Said It Would Be Worth It Leadership inspiration essay asserting that the things that are the most valuable to us are also the things that we have to work the hardest for. Time management ...

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    • Authors: Alan Gard
    • Date: Jul 2019
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Results-Oriented Solutions
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Mentoring
  • Crisis Communications, Social Media and Hamlet

    Crisis Communications, Social Media and Hamlet A discussion of the effective use of social media for risk management professionals to help educate the general public, including analysis of ...

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    • Authors: J P Bolduc
    • Date: Jul 2019
    • Competency: Communication; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Predictive Analytics
  • Responses to Mortality Study Conundrum

    Responses to Mortality Study Conundrum Readers’ responses to the mortality study conundrum from the previous issue. Life reinsurance;Mortality rates=Mortality tables=Death rates ; 11351 4/1/2010 ...

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    • Authors: Frank Grossman
    • Date: Apr 2010
    • Competency: Communication; Professional Values>Ethical standards
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Ethics
  • Translating Actuarial Vernacular-Effective Communication for Every Audience

    Translating Actuarial Vernacular-Effective Communication for Every Audience Today's pressure for profitability, coupled with a widespread demand for internal and external transparency, ...

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    • Authors: Mary MacDonald
    • Date: Jan 2010
    • Competency: Communication
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession
  • Are You Politically Savvy?

    Are You Politically Savvy? An article discussing that office politics are real, and something you can handle. Behavioral economics; 11475 7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Kevin F Leavey
    • Date: Jul 2010
    • Competency: Communication
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Competencies