Description: This is a brief article from the current Chairperson of the Product Development Section Council. In this article, the chairperson notes the benefits of volunteering both within the actuarial community and at home in our local community.

Description: Mentorship. Leadership, Coaching, Teamwork. Recognizing the benefits of a diverse workforce

Description: How to offer constructive criticism and use it as a tool to improve work processes, nurture business relationships and get the outcomes you want.

Description: Have you considered what you should stop doing? In other words, are there endings that you need make in order to achieve what you want in life and business?

Description: Actuaries must be able to present compelling arguments to win over their audience. For the first time, they may be managing a staff looking for direction, making recommendations to senior leaders, or trying to persuade non-actuarial colleagues who see the world differently. This series of articles is intended to educate young actuarial professionals on key business influencing skills that will be beneficial in the near term as well as throughout their careers. Part 1 is focused on leading and influencing a team.

Description: This article discusses the lessons the author learned from the book The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni on the value of organizational health.

Description: Interview with author and speaker Chris Edmonds on how actuaries in managerial roles can become great bosses based on Chris' book, "How to Be a Great Boss."

Description: Describes the characteristics employers look for in actuaries-with the theme that all start with the letter C.

Description: Chairperson's Corner - introduces the issue and the SOA's initiative on diversity, as well as introduces Murnighan's diverse approach to leadership. Do Nothing! is the first of a three part series focused on J. Keith Murnighan's book "Do Nothing!" and discusses balancing working vs. leading, how to succeed as leader by counterbalancing challenges, and to best manage a team.

Description: The authors discuss best practices in building, retaining, and growing diverse actuarial teams and evidence that points to the benefits to companies of doing so.