CEO Mehran Assadi presented his annual Seven Cs of Leadership Awards to people throughout the company on Tuesday.
The Seven Cs are Mehran’s personal tools for evaluating himself and how he is showing up with the people with whom he works.
In 2010, he created awards recognizing leaders in the company who exemplify the characteristics of his seven evaluation criteria.
This year’s winners and the criteria for which they were recognized are:
- Greg Mateja. Comprehension. Needed in order to effectively anticipate change and react decisively
- Barb Fitch. Competency. Have a knowledge base in order to lead from comprehension
- Shelia Cleary. Confidence. Through development of competency, develop confidence
- Mark Farrell. Conviction. Doing the right thing, not just making the right decision
- Susan Jennings. Courage. Taking personal risk to transform decisions into reality
- Maria McLendon. Communication. To motivate people and make things happen through people; also affording the person the dignity by communicating in words they understand
- Ken Hart. Character. Develop a level of trust and a sense of ethics; not playing situation ethics; do the right thing; be worthy of the trust placed in you
The awards were presented at the conclusion of an afternoon workshop with company leaders focused on making National Life a learning organization.