Description: As leaders and managers, we have results to achieve. To get those results, we have to do the right things. Those “things” include the management and deployment of our resources.

Description: In his final chair corner, Kevin Leavey encourages fellow section members to get involved.

Description: How you can use your motivation and persistence to become an optimist.

Description: Giving more appreciation at work, and tips on how to do that.

Description: in the November 2015 edition of The Stepping Stone, executive coach Marcel Schwantes outlined how great leaders display authenticity—one of the foundations of effective servant leadership. Here Schwantes returns for part two of a six-part series that delves into the best practices of how a servant leader values people.

Description: Servant leadership article in the series.

Description: Building community within an organization encompasses many activities, but here are three basic practices of great leaders.

Description: This article highlights the importance of communicating concisely and effectively through email and other written forums, and when/when not to use written vs. other forms of communication.

Description: Six pointers about career advancement for actuaries, based on real life experiences from my 47 year career.

Description: This is the third in a four-part series dedicated to strategies for improving EQ, based on the book Emotional Intelligence 2.0 written by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves. In previous issues of The Stepping Stone, I discussed the skills of self-awareness and self-management. In this article, I will share a few more of the book’s strategies and provide examples and personal insights to illustrate how to develop the third skill of social awareness in personal, social, and business situations.