🔹 Leadership

Leadership is the ability to guide and inspire others to achieve common goals. In business, leadership isn't just about directing others but also about being approachable, listening to feedback, and facilitating growth within the team. Effective leaders motivate their teams, make strategic decisions, and create an environment where people feel valued and empowered.

📚 Written

• Change the Culture, Change the Game – Roger Connors & Tom Smith

• The Situational Leader – Dr. Paul Hersey

• The One-Minute Manager Builds High-Performing Teams – Blanchard, Carew & Carew

• The Leadership Pipeline – Charan, Drotter, and Noel

• 101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees – Paul Falcone

🎥 Video

• Dare to Disagree – TED Talk

🎧 Podcast / Audio

• Leadership is Female – Hosted by Emily Jaenson

🔹 Work-Life Balance

Maintaining a healthy work-life balance is vital for long-term productivity and well-being. Professionals who manage their time effectively and set boundaries between their work and personal life are better able to avoid burnout, be more satisfied in their careers, leading to greater job retention, better mental health, and higher overall performance.

📚 Written

• How Remarkable Women Lead – Barsh & Cranston

• Lean In – Sheryl Sandburg

• Option B – Sheryl Sandburg & Adam Grant

🔹 Networking

Networking is the process of building and maintaining professional relationships that can support and advance your career. For actuaries, networking is vital for gaining insights from peers, discovering new career opportunities, and sharing knowledge. Effective networkers know how to create connections that are mutually beneficial and foster a sense of trust and collaboration.

📚 Written

• Give and Take – Adam Grant

• How to Find Sponsors Who’ll Accelerate Your Career

🔹 Communication

Clear, concise, and effective communication is critical in any business setting. This involves not only conveying ideas but also actively listening to others and ensuring that messages are understood. Strong communicators can adapt their style to different audiences, whether they’re explaining complex actuarial models to clients or working with colleagues on technical projects.

📚 Written

• The Fine Art of Small Talk – Debra Fine

• How to Make Assertiveness Work for You

🔹 Career Advancement

Career advancement involves continually developing your skills, taking on new challenges, and seeking out opportunities for growth. Those who are intentional about their professional growth position themselves for higher responsibilities, increased visibility, and better opportunities for advancement.

📚 Written

• The First 90 Days – Michael Watkins

• Don’t Be Afraid to Do What You Really Want to Do – Linley Baker

• The Sustainable Brain – Aree Bly

• Who Moved My Cheese? – Spencer Johnson

• Getting (More of) What You Want – Margaret Ann Neale

• 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do – Amy Morin

• Discipline is Destiny – Ryan Holiday

• How Will You Measure Your Life? – Clayton M. Christensen

• The Art of Possibility – Rosamund & Benjamin Zander

• The Choice: Embrace the Possible – Dr. Edith Eva Eger

• Never Panic Early – Fred Haise with Bill Moore

• Predictably Irrational – Dan Ariely

• Questions are the Answer – Hal Gregerson

• Pathological Positivity – Dr. Paul H. Jenkins

• Getting to Yes – Fisher, Ury, and Patton

• Deming’s Road to Continual Improvement – William W. Scherenbach

• Master of Change – Brad Stulberg

📄 Articles

• Overcoming Imposter Syndrome – Harvard Business Review

• How to Handle Being the Only One in the Room

• How to Get the Recognition You Deserve at Work

🎥 Video

• The Walk from 'No' to 'Yes – William Ury – TED Talk

🔹 Technical Actuarial Skills

The ability to apply technical knowledge to real-world situations, interpret data, and provide actionable insights is at the heart of an actuary’s role.

📚 Written

• Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men – Caroline Criado Perez

• Casualty Actuarial Society Library

• Society of Actuaries Publications

🎧 Podcast / Audio

• Not Unreasonable Podcast – David Wright

• McKinsey on Insurance

🔹 Other Organizations to Explore (for webinars and live sessions)

• Women in Analytics

• Women in Data Science Worldwide

• Women in Data