Previous meetings held by HSBC

Boosting HR as a career path and developing HR skills and expertise in Japan was the hot topic at last month’s ChapmanCG HR leaders meeting in Tokyo, hosted by HSBC’s Head of HR, Noriko Ono. ChapmanCG’s Oscar Fuchs and Yan Sen Lu were in attendance, along with HR leaders from Barry Callebaut, Fidelity, Huawei, KPMG, L’Oréal, Merck, Microsoft, Millennium Capital, Nomura, Procter & Gamble, Sanofi and others. Is the HR career path defined by the company or the individual? In a traditional Japanese company, career paths are controlled by the company through a series of job rotations creating “jack-of-all-trades” talent….

The Chapman Consulting Group’s recent Asia Pacific Series of HR Leaders Sessions included meetings hosted in Tokyo by AIG, AT&T, Bristol-Myers Squibb, HSBC, McDonald’s, Philips, Philip Morris and Tetra Pak, and in Osaka by Astra-Zeneca. With an overall theme of HR Transformation and Change Management, very different discussions emerged in each of the nine meetings, but there was a consistent positive energy throughout. We were very happy to welcome a large percentage of the Japan HR Leadership community across these nine separate meetings, and it was clear throughout the discussions that most HR and business leaders see the country as…