HRM Strategic HR Management 2008

Introduction
Welcome to Strategic HR Management 2008. As we all know the Human Resource Management Landscape in Japan and Asia is changing dramatically. In an environment where it takes a large number of candidates to fill a single job opening along with stiff competition for talent, companies are struggling to find and retain quality candidates. Solutions will be given at this conference to help navigate the skyrocketing cost-per-hire increases, OD strategies, merging cultures and legal issues providing a platform addressing the most relevant topics facing the industry today.
Speaker
Isao Sakurai
CEO of HSBC Services, Head of Human Resources at HSBC Japan
Isao Sakurai has more than 14 years of experience in the various HR areas at a Japanese large company and U.S. companies both in the States and in Japan -- 17 years of experience in the banking industry with 4.5 years in the United States in total.

Thomas Pedersen
Statutory Executive Officer, Head of People and Communications Group, and Chief Learning Officern
Thomas Pedersen is a Statutory Executive Officer, Head of the People and Communications Group, and the Chief Learning Officer for Shinsei Bank. Tom is working on several initiatives at the Bank and with subsidiaries on sustainable human capital development, corporate values, and aligning people with strategy.

Outline
Thomas Pedersen - Statutory Executive Officer, Head of People and Communications Group, and Chief Learning Officer
TEL:03-5434-3837 (View Map)
Schedule
Transforming Organizations to Have a "Stretch and Performance" Culture
Isao Sakurai - CEO of HSBC Services / Head of Human Resources at HSBC Japan
Bringing Out the Best in Your International Work Force
- Insights for Creating a Dynamic, Motivated, and Eager-to-Adapt International Team
Ruth Shiraishi - Director, Space Design
Trends in Talent Management: Keeping Your Workforce Aligned and Engaged
Thomas Pedersen - Statutory Executive Officer, Head of People and Communications Group,and Chief Learning Officer Shinsei Bank
‘Thinking technology’ - Management’s strategic advantage
- The secret behind how Honda achieved success through the creation of a common ‘thinking language’ -
Hajime Nakajima - Chairman, Kepner-Tregoe Japan
Avoid Employment Law Problems
- Designed to Focus Supervisors on Basic Employment Law Concepts, Termination Issues and on Minimizing Exposures to Legal Risk
Timothy Langley - esq. President & Representative Director Langley Enterprise, k.k.
Panel Discussion Title: Practical Benefits of Retaining and Promoting Diversity in The Workplace.
Moderator: Mercer Human Resources Consulting Company
Panelists include:
* Ms. Victoria Bolam - Representative Director of Kepner-Tregoe Japan
* Ms. Royanne K. Doi - SVP and Senior Regional Counsel for APAC, State Street Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
* Mr. Timothy Langley, esq. - President & Representative Director, Langley Enterprise, k.k.
Organizer
C.C. Consulting K.K.
Established in 2000, C.C. Consulting K.K. and its flagship website ’CareerCross’ are the established leaders in online recruitment for bilingual professionals in Japan, organizes the leading bilingual mid-career job forum, and holds other HR related conferences and training programs. C.C. Consulting K.K. aims to bring our clients the most up-to-date information on HR issues affecting the industry today.