Human Resource Strategies

Kanaka 1-on-1: Lighting a Fire in People’s Hearts

People are everything. A major challenge for management is to improve communication skills to think of people and be close to them.
We want to light a fire in people’s hearts. With this in mind, we created Kaneka 1-on-1.

＜The aims of Kaneka 1-on-1＞

• Increase corporate value through the growth of people and drive the growth of the Company.
• Team supervisors and subordinates frequently conduct one-to-one dialogues that focus on reviewing progress against plans and on building skills that will help subordinates develop their careers.
• Empowering people and organizations (lighting a fire in their hearts) by building relationships through dialogue.

By strengthening the relationship between bosses and their employees through frequent dialogue (communication), Kaneka 1-on-1 aims to spur employees’ personal motivation and elicit greater autonomy and initiative.

We started this program in fiscal 2018, targeting executives, and are gradually extending its scope to include assistant managers and other employees. The program contributes to improving “the power of individuals and the power of the organization” while flexibly changing measures through communication.

Furthermore, we hold workshops to enhance the effectiveness of Kaneka 1-on-1.
We will evolve Kaneka 1-on-1 with the aim of enhancing leadership and followership.

Kaneka 1-on-1 Workshop

We are working to improve the coaching skills of bosses, targeting executives.
This program teaches the key points of listening, recognizing, and questioning by means of lectures and exercises conducted by professional lecturers. In fiscal 2021, 145 people took part in the course (505 people have taken part since the course began).

Kaneka 1-on-1 Team-Meeting Workshop

We started Kaneka 1-on-1 Team-Meeting Workshops as a team-building initiative to strengthen our teams and organization to better achieve organizational goals. Through lectures and exercises conducted by specialist instructors, this program gives executives an opportunity to consider how to manage meetings. The course drew 21 participants in fiscal 2021.

Leadership that Lights a Fire in People’s Hearts

We conduct training programs for employees, including those at Group companies in and outside Japan, to develop future executive candidates and leaders who will bring strong leadership to our businesses and operations. Some participants in the programs have been appointed to division chief and executive positions at overseas Group companies.

Hitotsubu-no-Tane Momi Juku

Hitotsubu-no-Tane Momi Juku, our training program led by top management, entered its eighth year in 2022.
Trainees directly encounter the ideas of top management and gain numerous insights from the team of instructors.
Trainees gain new experience and reinforce their leadership and management skills in different contexts through career-building job rotations and challenging assignments.

「The Leadership Challenge Workshop」

We hold these workshops to give people an opportunity to develop the mindset and leadership approach needed to grow into leaders who light a fire in people’s hearts. Nearly 2,000 people have taken part in the workshops in Japan and overseas. We will continue striving to enhance practical leadership skills by drawing on the awareness and learning gained through the workshops.

*1 There are no workshops for overseas personnel yet.

Toward the Active Participation of a Diverse Workforce

We are working to cultivate personnel to achieve the active participation of diverse workforce.
In addition to daily activities based on the above-mentioned Kaneka 1-on-1 as well as the training of leaders through the Hitotsubu-no-Tane Momi Juku program that seeks to inculcate greater perspective, we are also focusing on language education (English and Chinese) to expand the pool of human resources who can play an active role on the global stage.

Results of Company-Wide Training in Fiscal 2021

Language Learners

*2 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, etc.

Fostering Security and Compliance
We are also using e-learning to expand our training menu to include information security, compliance, harassment, and labor management.

Human Rights/Compliance Education

Training Costs (per Person)

Note: The main factor behind the decrease in training costs from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2019 was the promotion of education-related digital transformation and the shift to online and e-learning training in line with revisions to the training system.