Leadership
Strengthen Your Team by Building a Training-Centered Corporate Culture
As business conditions grow more challenging, many of us are tempted to set aside activities that don't overtly contribute to the bottom line. Training and development (T&D) might look like one ...
Can Karen Clark Move Forward the Cat Modeling Industry She Helped Create?
Karen Clark scored a bonafide first when she launched catastrophe modeling company Applied Insurance Research (AIR) in 1987. With a focus on computer simulations, it was the only operation of its ...
Leadership Insight: Karen Clark
Clark on Catastrophe Modeling: "The tricky thing about cat modeling is it is not all about the science and not all about the software. It is about having the right mix and then making sure that ...
Chubb’s CIO: ‘Innovation is a Muscle’ That Must Be Trained
For those of you who missed it, Carrier Management interviewed Chubb Chief Innovation Officer Jon Bidwell during an April 22 Twitter chat focusing on Bidwell's thoughts on innovation and how to spark ...
The Evolution of the CIO: More Opportunities Ahead
The theory of evolution is a funny thing. It's widely accepted as scientific fact and the way of things, yet it can't be proven or disproven emphatically. Much the same might be said of the position ...
Making a Case for Servant Leadership
The question is one I have heard countless times over the years in my capacity as an executive coach: "What would you say are the traits that make a great leader?" It's not exactly a question that ...
Innovative Game-Changer or Dud: How to Figure Out Which One is Which
CEOs and managers in companies of every size face this problem all the time: When someone pitches a potentially game-changing idea, how do they know if the innovation has a chance of working? Will it ...
Executing Business Strategy by Letting Others Take Center Stage
Insurance leaders are well aware that their firms need well-defined strategies to succeed in an increasingly competitive marketplace. That message is trumpeted in countless books and articles ...