Description: Career planning

Description: Book review: George W. Bush memoir

Description: An argument for a lifelong study of the humanities for personal and intellectual development, as well as some advice to get started.

Description: A description of the ways that MPD section brings value to it's members.

Description: 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 You Do?" This issue’s case study involved an informal job performance appraisal gone wrong.

Description: Fourth installment in an ongoing series of articles adapted from Michael Carroll's "Awake at Work", applying Buddhist principles to the challenges faced by actuaries. This installment examines the often chaotic work circumstances faced by actuaries and encourages the reader to see such situations as opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Description: 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 You Do?" This issue’s case study involved a career decision.

Description: Executive Coach Marcel Schwantes demonstrated that applying daily practices of Servant Leadership is really the best way to engage workers to perform at a high level, which will improve the bottom line. Here Schwantes returns to kick-off a six part series that delves deep into the best practices of what a servant leader is, and does.

Description: Teleworking is becoming more prevalent for various reasons. Advances in technology have made this more feasible than ever, but a successful teleworking relationship also requires a strong interpersonal skill set. To explore what has made teleworking work for them, the author interviewed a teleworker and her manager.

Description: Everyone is capable of building the character necessary to inspire their team on an emotional level and win their trust. Here, servant leadership and executive coach Marcel Schwantes provides five reality checks to help leaders and aspiring leaders gauge their leadership aptitude and assess what changes need to be made.