ISBN(s): 979-8-89016-397-4 | 979-8-89016-398-1
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Who is this book for?
This book is designed for high-performing actuarial team members who are transitioning from technical roles to managerial positions. It aims to equip you with the necessary skills to manage teams, projects, and your professional development effectively.
As actuaries, you spend years learning the technical side of our profession: attending lectures, crunching numbers, writing assignments and passing exams. But your career progress and you get promoted into your first management role, you realize that you need a whole new set of skills.
Actuarial managers need additional skills beyond technical expertise. While actuaries focus on high-quality technical work, managers need to supervise, delegate, and ensure the quality of work without doing it themselves. They also need to adapt their management style to different situations and personalities, support team wellbeing, and engage in strategic thinking.
You might have worked for one, or you might be one, a new actuarial manager with an empty management toolkit and not enough support. It’s lonely and exhausting!
You might find yourself doing all the work, carrying all the stress, and running out of time to do a good job. Your team members start to disengage, you see your friends less often and you start to wonder why you ever wanted the promotion.
But what if there was a way you could:
- Feel confident in your ability as a manager,
- Learn how to manage people and projects and effectively delegate work, and
- Fill your management toolkit with tangible, tried and true strategies?
This textbook has been produced to help you build the skills you need to become a confident and effective actuarial manager.
About the Author
Julia Lessing is a qualified actuary (FIAA) and Associated Certified Coach (ACC) based in Australia. Drawing on her 20+ year career as a consulting actuary, coach and educator, Julia developed the Guardian Actuarial Leadership Program to help actuaries transition from technical roles to team leaders. Actuaries around the world have graduated from the program with measurable improvements in their management skills and confidence.
Testimonials
“Aspiring Actuarial Leaders is a powerful and concise guide for new managers. Julia breaks down each skill step-by-step. Then she uses examples and quotes from practicing actuaries, so we can connect the concepts to daily actuarial work. This book fills a void that can help every actuarial manager gain the new skills they need for success.”
- Linley Baker, FSA, MAAA, FLMI, Experienced Actuary, International Award-Winning Author