Expansion of Initiatives for Greater Engagement
With a view to forging an organizational culture of “frank and honest dialogue,” we are introducing opportunities for the management team to share the Company's directions and focus with the employees, as well as mechanisms to listen to employees' voices and various opportunities for dialogue. Through such opportunities for dialogue, employees incorporate the Company's mission into their own, personal missions with a sense of ownership and thereby contribute to accelerating and expanding the creation of new value.
Employee Awareness Survey
We conduct an employee awareness survey (the TEAM Survey) to solicit the opinions of employees. With the purpose of improving employee engagement, we understand their perceptions and measure the performance of the organization to identify problems and the gap in recognition, to bring improvements in management style and corporate culture. The company president and other members of the management team read all employees' comments in the survey results in order to deeply assess and understand the true issues behind employee concerns, then formulate and execute the optimal action plan.
Distribution of Information to Employees (Target Directions)
To communicate the correct information accurately to employees, the management team members themselves distribute information on the formulation process, target directions, and status of progress of the Medium-Term Business Plan, action plans based on the employee awareness survey, and other plans. Using photographs and videos to present the background to issues, these communication efforts strive to foster a sense of ownership of those issues and an awareness of change in both the management team and employees.
HIRAKUBA
We are conducting activities for addressing business challenges in which each employee thinks independently and proactively, questions previous assumptions anew, and engages in honest discussions based on the target direction. Believing in the importance of vertical and horizontal collaboration, meetings are frequently held by executives and individual business groups in Japan and overseas to engage in serious talks for team building in a relaxed atmosphere. We aim for a corporate culture that allows them to engage in frank discussions on substantive matters, develop understanding about challenges on the ground together, and take action to achieve their visions.
