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  • The Actuary August/September 2013

    The Actuary August/September 2013 The August/September 2013 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication. Academic Partnerships;Alternative careers;Best ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Aug 2013
    • Competency: Communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Leadership>Mentoring; Professional Values; Relationship Management; Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Qualifications; Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • You, Too, Can Be an Optimist

    You, Too, Can Be an Optimist How you can use your motivation and persistence to become an optimist. 4294991866 8/20/2012 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Doreen Stern
    • Date: Aug 2012
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Feedback That's Tough on Problems, Not on People

    Feedback That's Tough on Problems, Not on People How to offer constructive criticism and use it as a tool to improve work processes, nurture business relationships and get the outcomes you ...

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    • Authors: Malory Fischer
    • Date: May 2012
    • Competency: Communication>Difficult message delivery; Relationship Management>Team leadership
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • WHAT WOULD YOU DO? A Difficult Discussion

    WHAT WOULD YOU DO? A Difficult Discussion A real life situation is posed involving a management challenge between 3 actuaries. Readers are invited to submit their responses to "What Would ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Mar 2017
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Thought leadership; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • It's a Matter of Trust

    It's a Matter of Trust Based on a decades-long study, honesty is the most important quality in a leader. This article addresses ways to establish trust with their co-workers. Ethics; ...

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    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson
    • Date: Mar 2018
    • Competency: Communication>Active listening; Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Persuasive communication; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Influence; Relationship Management>Staff management and motivation; Relationship Management>Team leadership
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Negotiation at Work

    Negotiation at Work Negotiation - it's not just for buying a car! Actuaries negotiate every day at work, whether it's getting buy-in to change a critical assumption or a more reasonable timeline ...

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    • Authors: Kelly Rabin, Megan Guy
    • Date: Aug 2020
    • Competency: Leadership
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Executive Dysfunction

    Executive Dysfunction Learn concrete strategies to manage executive dysfunction. The author discusses techniques she has learned along the way to improve productivity and manage time. High-level ...

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    • Authors: Kelly Rabin
    • Date: Jun 2020
    • Competency: Professional Values
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • The Actuary October/November 2015

    The Actuary October/November 2015 The October/November 2015 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication. Actuarial publication;actuary;The Actuary 6442463912 10 ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Oct 2015
    • Competency: Communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Leadership>Mentoring; Professional Values; Relationship Management; Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Code of Conduct; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Qualifications; Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers; Public Policy
  • Career Advancement: One Actuary’s Learnings from a Lifetime of Work

    Career Advancement: One Actuary’s Learnings from a Lifetime of Work Six pointers about career advancement for actuaries, based on real life experiences from my 47 year career. By Bob Leach The ...

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    • Authors: Robert Leach
    • Date: Aug 2024
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • A Summary of the June 2025 SOA Health Conference—With a Little Help from AI

    A summary recap of the recent SOA Health Conference held in Dallas, TX in June of 2025. With the intentional use of AI to assist with the summary, this article gives a good overview of the recent ...

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    • Authors: Jason Bribitzer-Stull
    • Date: Sep 2025
    • Competency: Communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance