| Featured Content | February 18, 2021 |
Ten years ago, I started asking myself a question: What have you done to attract talent to the insurance industry? It was around that time we began hearing about the impending "talent gap," the shortage of middle managers ready to take over when baby boomers retire. It got me thinking about my role, and my... read more | | When Donna Nadeau started tackling the responsibilities of her new role as chief underwriting officer for the Americas at AXA XL in recent months, she turned her focus to talent as a top agenda item. While that may seem like a natural extension of a reorganization effort spearheaded by AXA XL's new chief executive officer,... read more | | Disasters such as the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion and the Chernobyl nuclear accident are said to have involved flawed decisions, driven by individual perceptions. Not surprisingly, individuals' behaviors—and the perceptions that drive those behaviors—are key to determining the safety performance of an organization. In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, for example, it was... read more | | No, this article is not about money. This article is about time. And people. And how your investment in them can bring great returns. When you take the time to invest in people, you invest in success. Very few people have achieved true success without the help of others. As a leader, your personal investment... read more | | As purveyors of talent for the insurance industry, universities offering risk management and insurance programs need to bring a more diverse group of job candidates forward to hiring professionals, the leader of one university program said recently. Michael Angelina, executive director of the Maguire Academy of Insurance and Risk Management at Saint Joseph's University Haub... read more | | Being a good leader simply isn't good enough. But you can achieve greatness by upping your leadership game. Start by honing your communication skills, building trust and learning to be more thoughtful. *** Listen. Ensuring clearer communication can help you avoid a lot of errors, frustration and inefficiency. But first you need to learn how... read more | | Don't look now, but the trend toward working remotely has just found solid footing in the form of a global pandemic. Companies around the world have been forced to conduct business in new ways since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in March 2020. Employees were sent home in droves—many of them expected to work from... read more | | We all need allies—and nowhere is that more true than in the cut and thrust of the workplace. A workplace ally is an individual who is not a member of an underrepresented group but who takes action to support one or many such groups. It could, for example, be men advocating for the advancement of... read more | | Employers that embrace flexible working after the COVID-19 pandemic could boost applications from women for top jobs by as much as 20 percent, according to a study by Zurich Insurance. read more | | Early in 2020, I wrote a series of articles about insurance carriers that got top ratings on an online job site. To do my research, I had to sign up to provide information about my job. Ever since, I get regular emails telling me about positions that Glassdoor matches to my profile. "You look like... read more | |
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