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  • 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
  • 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
  • Managing in the 21st Century Part 2: The Employee Whisperer

    Managing in the 21st Century Part 2: The Employee Whisperer Managing in the 21st century. Entrepreneurism=entrepreneurs; 32367 5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: John Dante
    • Date: May 2011
    • Competency: Communication>Difficult message delivery; Leadership>Change management
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • 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
  • Building, Retaining and Growing Diverse Teams

    Building, Retaining and Growing Diverse Teams The authors discuss best practices in building, retaining, and growing diverse actuarial teams and evidence that points to the benefits to companies ...

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    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson, Linda Lankowski
    • Date: Nov 2016
    • Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Relationship Management>Staff management and motivation; Relationship Management>Team leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • Zen Actuary 9: Patience in Healing

    Zen Actuary 9: Patience in Healing The latest installment in a series that applies Buddhist principles to actuarial practice. This particular installment focuses on the author's recent ...

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    • Authors: Richard J Lauria
    • Date: Aug 2016
    • Competency: Leadership>Change management; Results-Oriented Solutions>Assess decision effectiveness; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • Trust Me, Do Nothing!

    Trust Me, Do Nothing! This is the second article in a three-part series focused on the "Do Nothing" leadership approach presented by Professor J. Keith Murnighan, a professor at ...

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    • Authors: Kelly Hennigan
    • Date: Aug 2016
    • Competency: Relationship Management>Relationships and trust
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • Chaucer on Choosing Advisors

    Chaucer on Choosing Advisors Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is more than just sexual farces and fart jokes. In the Tale of Melibee, Chaucer imparts wisdom on choosing advisors, soliciting ...

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    • Authors: Mary Campbell
    • Date: Aug 2015
    • Competency: Leadership>Influence
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • The Case for Organizational Health

    The Case for Organizational Health This article discusses the lessons the author learned from the book The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni on the value of organizational health. 4294997218 5/1/2013 ...

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    • Authors: Brian Pauley
    • Date: May 2013
    • Competency: Leadership>Change management; Leadership>Influence; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust; Relationship Management>Staff management and motivation; Relationship Management>Team leadership
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • stp-2015-iss59-hennigan

    stp-2015-iss59-hennigan The article considers the myths related to busyness and how we can better manage the busyness effect on us and those around us. Interpersonal Skills;Management Skills;Time ...

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    • Authors: Kelly Hennigan
    • Date: Aug 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills