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What is the most challenging thing you’ve ever faced, and how did you overcome it?
That question always elicits interesting answers, and it’s one of the questions we asked all of the candidates for our annual Top Women in Benefit Advising feature, one of my favorite projects to pull together. I’m always particularly curious about how people answer the second half of that question.
Walden Siew is editor-in-chief of the Employee Benefits Group at Arizent.
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