Description: A story about a mother/actuary’s journey of discovering her work-life balance through entrepreneurship.

Description: An update on the activities of the JRMS Council.

Description: A compilation of reader responses is presented to a real life situation. This issue’s case study involved an actuary trying to add to staff, who encounters questionable behavior by a prominent actuarial recruiter. What the actuary actually did is shared after the compiled responses.

Description: This article starts with the increasing attention that FP&A receives due to the implementation of new financial regimes and emphasizes the collaborative nature of FP&A. It then describes the roles that actuaries play in FP&A, the new demands for actuaries that we are observing, and suggests some best practices that we are seeing across the clients. This article targets to point out the new demands from FP&A on actuaries and provide some advice on how actuaries can do to meet these demands.

Description: This article contains tips for meeting people, building relationships and furthering your career in a simple, fun and authentic way.

Description: In this real life case study, an actuarial candidate tried to get the hiring manager to increase the level of the position for which she was interviewing. Did that raise red flags about her candidacy? A compilation of reader responses is presented, along with what actually happened.

Description: Meet the authors of and learn about the contributors to the newly published e-book "Design Your Future with the Competency Framework." Presenters will share their personal reflections, stories and words of wisdom to bring to life the eight professional and personal competencies in the SOA Competency Framework.

Description: This webcast will focus on a multi-option approach to develop talent within your organization. We’ll talk about supporting a culture of growth, developing a growth plan, engaging support for that plan and leveraging your development work to advance your career. To the managers in the audience (and anyone who aspires to this role), engaging your talent is one key way to ensure retention, especially with high performing/high potential team members. Growth opportunities keep top talent engaged and motivated. We will cover the benefits of investing in talent development for the organization and employees and I’ll share some practical options for you, too. By the end of the presentation, attendees will be equipped with actionable insights to help them develop their own action plans, and managers will have their own insights around the importance of supporting these plans to retain their top talent.

Description: Andy Rallis delivers his speech at the presidential luncheon of the SOA 2019 SOA Annual Meeting & Exhibit in Toronto.

Description: This article is the result of the Leadership & Development book club on Dare Lead. The article talks about major themes in the book and relates them to other podcasts and authors thought on those themes.