Description: Your training as an actuary is not finished just because you have earned a credential. The exam process was (and is) just the beginning of your career. Look for opportunities to learn and improve as you continue your actuarial career. Practice and hone your communication skills so what you know can be used by those around you.

Description: This author summarizes tips for creating, promoting and sustaining innovation found in the book Weird Ideas That Work by Robert Sutton.

Description: This article introduces the Younger Actuaries Network YAN which places its focus on people who are looking to grow their career—whether still taking exams, or newly credentialed, or even those a little further along in their careers looking to build their business skills beyond exams.

Description: Article that discusses Web 2.0 and associated strategies for productively using today's social media.

Description: The author discusses ways to improve upon your overall life satisfaction by describing the remarkable successes of Katie Spotz who rowed across the ocean, some 2,817 miles, in a 19-foot rowboat.

Description: The 2011 Annual Business Book Review authors and titles are listed. Members are asked to capture any management or personal development issues they find informative and interesting and worth sharing with other actuaries. From The Stepping Stone, February 2012, Issue No. 45.

Description: The author finds the best way to reach your potential is to follow a personal growth plan daily. Free resources, including online newsletters and blogs are cited. From The Stepping Stone, February 2012, Issue No. 45.

Description: A preivew of the Management & Personal Development Section's third annual business book review contest.

Description: The author compares team leaders to lessons learned on the TV show Restaurant Impossible.

Description: Feature article discussing why communication is vital.