Designing Workstyles
The Onward Group is executing the Work Style Design Project to enhance operational efficiency and productivity by achieving work-life balance. This workstyle reform project encourages employees to take the initiative in changing the way they work.
Launched in August 2019 at Onward Kashiyama, the Group's core operating company, this project is energized by pacesetting Kaeru Kaigi meetings, weekly team meetings to consider what team members should do to improve their workstyles. Enhanced operating efficiency has led to reduced overtime and a rise in the number of days of paid leave consumed. Work-life synergy through enhancement of both work and private life is having a positive impact on business.
We are expanding our work style design initiatives not only at Onward Kashiyama but also across all Group companies, aiming to generate synergies within the Group.
Our initiatives
Kaeru Kaigi meetings
Each team holds a weekly meeting to consider what team members should do to improve their workstyles. Kaeru Kaigi meetings go beyond simply facilitating reports on work progress to promote self-driven processes of trial and error by all members for the purpose of transforming workstyles and achieving their goals for work. Most important, these meetings aim to be enjoyable for all attendees. For this reason, we are promoting Kaeru Kaigi meetings on a Companywide basis while ensuring that these meetings have an atmosphere conducive to voicing frank opinions regardless of rank or career history.
Kaeru Kaigi meeting Use of sticky notes is helpful for individuals who may hesitate to express seemingly controversial opinions verbally.
Psychological Safety Training
To foster a flat organizational culture and enhance communication, we conduct training for executives and managers to build teams where psychological safety is ensured thus enabling individuals to confidently express their thoughts and feelings to anyone within the organization.
External Evaluations
Mynavi Tenshoku (Career Change) BEST VALUE AWARD
Onward Holdings was honored with the "Grand Prize" at the 2025 Mynavi Career BEST VALUE AWARD, which recognizes companies for their efforts in salary increase, work style improvement, and career support, for the Company's programs enabling employees to proactively engage in improving their work styles.
「Career Ownership Management AWARD 2025
Onward Holdings has been recognized with the Excellence Award in the Large Enterprise Category at the Career Ownership Management AWARD 2025. This award honors recognizes companies that work to "create new relationships between individuals and companies" by practicing the three perspectives of career ownership management ("visualizing (making visible)," "increasing," and "linking (with management and business)") in order to realize sustainable growth of individuals and organizations.
Work Style Design Project for Workstyle Reform
Online Discussion Event: Management Explains Onward's Challenges and Achievements
