Overall, there are three important things, if you are working in an intercultural environment like a European SEKISUI company. First of all, you must have business skills to represent your position. Then, you need local language skills and of course English language skills to understand your co-workers. And last but not least, you should own intercultural communication skills to interact successfully with everyone you’ll meet in your business. But how do you get these skills?
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Global KAIZEN Convention in Japan
The annual SEKISUI KAIZEN Convention took place this year in January for the 52nd time. Together with global companions, the winner of the latest European KAIZEN convention presented his project in Kyoto, Japan.
Video: Highlights of the Global Children’s Eco Summit 2017
Last summer, 47 SEKISUI employees’ children with high environmental awareness – including 10 European participants – met in Narita near Tokyo to get a deeper understanding for the significance of nature. The 7-day-event offered the participants a wide range of different activities e.g. there were guided tours of group business facilities and they learned about biodiversity and scarcity. Finally the children presented recommendations for a better environment and President Koge promised to take these ideas into a declaration regarding environment protection. Check out the video to gain insight into the highlights of the Global Children’s Eco Summit 2017.
SEKISUI S-Lec’s new Career Development Programme
In October 2016, SEKISUI conducted a survey under its employees to learn about their needs and wishes. Over 22,000 people, including thirteen different languages, took part in the survey. Based on the results of the survey SEKISUI S-Lec established a new career programme for its employees.
The SEKISUI Vision Caravan stopped by in Germany
In November 2017, the SEKISUI Vision Caravan stopped by in Düsseldorf, Germany. The event took place to present the new Mid-Term Management Plan “SHIFT 2019 – FUSION” from top management to employees in management roles. None other than SEKISUI Chemical President & CEO Teiji Koge and Director & Managing Executive Officer Yoshiyuki Hirai gave deeper insights into the mid-term vision and the idea behind FUSION as part of the corporate philosophy.
The 7th European KAIZEN convention
It was THE highlight for every KAIZEN team this year: The representatives of the European SEKISUI companies met for the 7th European KAIZEN convention in Düsseldorf, Germany. The teams from various sites competed against each other and presented their improvement activities to reinforce company structure and business performance.
The teams of the SEKISUI KAIZEN Convention 2017
The 7th European KAIZEN convention was hosted by SEKISUI Europe B.V. in Düsseldorf, Germany. 9 European teams participated at the event and shared their KAIZEN projects about how to improve processes at their company. We give you an overview of all participants and their ideas.
Graphic: All SEKISUI companies in Europe at a glance
The United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands or Germany: the map of European SEKISUI companies is broadly diversified, as are their different business fields. A graphic gives an overview of all European companies and their lines of business.