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2022

May Create Relationships That Build Your Influence What’s It Like to Work at the Society of Actuaries? Is the Actuarial Profession Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive?

March

• • • The Actuary Whisperer
    • What Would You Do? Responses to “Communication Confusion”
    • Zen Actuary 19: Cultivating Gratitude

January

• • • Peer Mentoring
    • How to Change Your Self-Talk
    • How to Identify and Hire Creative, Problem-Solving Employees

2021

December

• How Did I Get Here? An Interview with Sherry Chan, Chief Actuary for the City of New York
• How to Show Employees That You Care, and Why it Matters
• Actuarial Talent and Culture: A Source of Competitive Advantage?

November

• What Would You Do? Communication Confusion
• People Management in a Post-Pandemic Environment
• Distrust and Verify
• Zen Actuary Installment 18: Getting Back in the Water

September

• Watch out, Batman—it’s The Actuary!
• Seven Tips on How to Succeed in Remote Interviews
• What Would You Do? Responses to “Not Your Dream Job”

July

• How to be a Great Manager
• The (He)art of Persuasion
• What Would You Do? “Not Your Dream Job”
• How to Succeed as an Intern in 2021

May

• How Did I Get Here? An Interview with Karen DeToro, Chief Actuary and Chief Risk Officer of CNO Financial Group
• R-E-S-P-E-C-T
• What is a Professional?

March

• The Actuary’s Journey to Becoming a Strategic Business Partner: Strategic Thinking
• How Can Hope Make the Impossible Possible?
• What Would You Do? Responses to “Disappointing News”

January

• The Agapé Workplace
• The Actuary’s Journey to Becoming a Strategic Business Partner
• The Zen Actuary Installment 17: Mindfulness During a Black Swan

2020

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2019

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2018

Issue 70, October 2018
Issue 69, July 2018
Issue 68, March 2018

2017

Issue 67, November 2017
Issue 66, July 2017
Issue 65, March 2017

2016

Issue 64, November 2016
Issue 63, August 2016
Issue 62, May 2016
Issue 61, February 2016

2015

Issue 60, November 2015
Issue 59, August 2015
Issue 58, May 2015
Issue 57, February 2015

2014

Issue 56, November 2014
Issue 55, August 2014
Issue 54, May 2014
Issue 53, February 2014