I think Western and Southern is the best place for leadership opportunity because they encourage promotion from within. They're not always trying to go out and hire somebody with the exact experience.
Hi, I'm Katie Bezold, and I am a Product Manager here at Western and Southern Financial Group, and I've worked here for 35 years.
As you can see from my career, they trusted me enough that I would educate myself and grow, and they gave me the opportunities. And every time I felt a little bit too comfortable in my role, I asked for more, and my leaders were always willing to give me more. And I think that encouragement in developing oneself comes directly from those opportunities.
Leadership Development is emphasized here at Western and Southern mostly by providing educational opportunities, whether it be through college, through developing oneself here at the Guilford Institute, by having mentors that believe in you and are willing to tell you the things that you need to work on and I think that's key. You have to find the right mentor for you who is maybe the opposite of what you think you need, but they end up being able to coach you into becoming great leaders, and I think Western and Southern has done an excellent job of teaching us as leaders to care about our people. Not only about the company while we're here, but certainly about the people.
