Aspiring Actuarial Leaders: The Modern Manager’s Toolkit

By Julia Lessing · ACTEX Learning · 2025

A textbook for high-performing actuarial team members who are transitioning from technical roles to managerial positions. Its publisher says it aims to equip them with the skills to manage teams, projects and their professional development, and that it was produced to help readers build the skills they need to become confident and effective actuarial managers. Its author, a qualified actuary (FIAA) and credentialed coach, developed the Guardian Actuarial Leadership Program to help actuaries make that transition.

On the syllabus

Exam DMAC — on the DMAC module's book list; no chapters are assigned

About the Author – Julia Lessing

Foreword

Introduction

1 Managing High-Quality Actuarial Technical Work

2 Managing People and Teams (Part 1)

3 Supporting Optimum Well-being

4 Managing Your Time

5 Strategic Thinking and Meeting Organizational Objectives

6 Managing People and Teams (Part 2)

7 Planning and Delivering Projects

8 Working with People Outside Your Team

9 Professional and Personal Development

10 Conclusion

Appendix – Bonus Materials

Sources

Aspiring Actuarial Leaders — ACTEX sample pages (PDF) — the publisher's sample (sha256 49f6006c047989b038b42f2d7ab8a92105c1869dafaee3db758d1d5577a5d552): the title page (Julia Lessing, FIAA, ACC; ACTEX Learning), the copyright page (© Julia Lessing 2025), the printed table of contents (every chapter, with the front matter and appendix) and the author's biography
Aspiring Actuarial Leaders – A Modern Manager's Toolkit (ACTEX Learning) — the publisher's page: 1st Edition, ISBN 979-8-89016-397-4 for the digital licence (979-8-89016-398-1 for printed and digital), and the description the lead is taken from
FSA Module Book List (SOA) — the citation (Lessing, Julia, 2025, Greenland, NH: ACTEX) and ISBN 979-8890163974 under the Decision Making and Communication Module