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Energizing Connections

Can you identify a time when you were energized at work? In other words, was there a time when you gave more effort than you would have expected to, in work that you wouldn’t have thought was particularly exciting, because someone infused the task with energy and spurred your enthusiasm?

Maybe a client visit you had been dreading turned into an inspiring interaction that led to great things. Or maybe you took on a sidetrack assignment to manage a team that was doing something mundane, yet the experience proved to be a milestone in your career. Or maybe you completed training in something seemingly dull, but the topic really came alive, and the next thing you knew you were the resident expert on it.

Maybe it wasn’t a ...

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