Nam Taeheon, Director of the Korea Forest Welfare Institute, Receives Korea Leadership Award

The Korea Forest Welfare Institute announced on the 25th that Nam Tae-heon, the director, received the Grand Prize in the "Transformational Leadership in Central Public Institutions" category at the '2023 Korea Leadership Awards' ceremony hosted by the Korean Association for Public Administration.

Nam Taeheon, President of the Korea Forest Welfare Institute (right), is taking a commemorative photo with Lee Deokro, President of the Korean Association for Public Administration (left), after the '2023 Korea Leadership Awards' ceremony held on the 24th at Hankyong National University Anseong Campus. Provided by Korea Forest Welfare Institute

The Leadership Award is given to exemplary leaders among heads of central public institutions to publicly promote their cases and contribute to the development of public leadership in Korea.

Nam Tae-heon, director of the Forest Welfare Institute, was recognized for his innovative efforts in vision and public value creation, strategy formulation and execution, resolving current issues, communication, and organizational culture, earning him the Grand Prize in the "Transformational Leadership" category.

The awards were presented across four categories: Transformational Leadership, Empathetic Leadership, Authentic Leadership, and Service Leadership.

Nam Tae-heon stated, “This achievement is not the result of an individual but was possible because all employees of the Forest Welfare Institute worked together with one heart to fulfill their responsibilities,” adding, “The Forest Welfare Institute will continue to do its best to enhance the welfare of the people as a ‘forest welfare platform institution connecting forests and people.’”

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