GKL President Kim Young-san Receives 'Korea Leadership Award'

Hosted by the Korean Association for Public Administration
Discovering Best Practices of Heads in Government and Public Sector Institutions

Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) announced on the 25th that President Kim Young-san received the 'Authentic Leadership Award' at the '2023 Korea Leadership Awards' ceremony held on the 24th at Hankyong National University Anseong Campus.

Kim Young-san, President of Grand Korea Leisure (GKL)
[Photo by GKL]

Hosted by the Korean Association for Public Administration, the Korea Leadership Awards were held for the first time this year to discover and promote exemplary leadership cases of heads of institutions in government and public sectors.

The awards evaluated four categories and ten indicators including vision and public value creation, strategy formulation and execution, issue resolution, communication, and organizational culture, selecting winners in four fields: ▲Empathetic Leadership ▲Transformational Leadership ▲Authentic Leadership ▲Servant Leadership.

President Kim was recognized for achievements such as overcoming the management crisis caused by COVID-19 and successfully returning to profitability, achieving a B grade in public institution management evaluation for the first time since being designated a public enterprise, obtaining an A grade in ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) management evaluation, earning excellent grades for three consecutive years in the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission's integrity evaluation, and leading the digital transformation of the casino industry.

He said, "This award is the result achieved together by all GKL executives and employees," adding, "We will continue to faithfully fulfill our mission for the development of the tourism industry based on ESG management as a tourism public enterprise and do our best to realize social value."

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