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2023
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January
- Emotional Intelligence – Building the Skill of Self-Awareness
- Overcoming Personal Bias in Risk Messaging
- What Would You Do? Responses to “Hiring For Success”
2022
November
- How Did I Get Here? An Interview with Sara Teppema, Chief Actuary of Wildflower Health
- Positive Leadership
- The Path from Technical Contributor to Leader
September
- Reinvigorate Your Actuarial Career
- The Zen Actuary Installment 20: The Praise and Blame Game
- What Would You Do? Hiring For Success
July
- Authentic Networking
- Training Lessons from the French Chef: Being Resourceful and Making Mistakes
- Inclusive Leadership: A Conversation
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
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