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If you’re looking to brush up on important skills, look no further. The following pages are designed to help you improve the skills that will support your professional advancement.

 
 


Career Development 

CareerDevelopment_small.gifCan Becoming a Thoughtleader Give You an Edge?

Positioning yourself and your firm as leading-edge thinkers in your field ... More

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Communication Skills 

Communication_small.gifSpeaking as a Performing Art 
Singing and speaking have everything in common--except for maybe really good tunes. The main goal is to engage your audience and make them listen to you ...
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General Business

Our World is Finite--Implications for Actuaries ...

Five steps to getting organized--and surprise--only one of the steps deals with the specific "organizing" component. ... More

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Leadership 

Leadership_small.gifEI not IQ
Emotional intelligence differentiates the highest achievers from the rest of the pack. ... More

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Management 

Management_small.jpg"Wow, You Flubbed it Fred!" The Art of Giving Constructive Criticism

Unless you are supervising a dream team, delivering evaluations can be challenging and uncomfortable ... More

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Actuaries in the News

Potential Pandemic Still Could Cost Nearly $300 Billion FromWorkforce Management This article cites SOA research on pandemics.

N.J. Patients Deserve to Know Health Care Costs Before Getting the Bill From NJToday.net The SOA's survey on Bending the Cost Curve was noted in this article on health care costs.

RiskChat: Paying Attention to Compensation From BigFatFinanceBlog Karen deToro, FSA, MAAA, was featured in an interview on incentive compensation.

Study Puts Cost of Medical Errors at $19.5 Billion From Wall Street Journal Jim Toole, FSA, CERA, MAAA, is quoted in this article about the SOA study on medical errors.

The Cost of Medical Errors From Nightly Business Report Jim Toole, FSA, CERA, MAAA, appeared in this Aug. 9, 2010 episode on the cost of medical errors. Note: the segment begins 8:50 into the video.