March 2015- C20- Winning In The Age Revolution

Business, like society is constantly changing.  It’s not just a matter of people buying fewer cars due to convenient train systems or less visits to the doctor because people are eating healthy.  In developed nations we are seeing a shift as people are living longer and tastes changing.  In underdeveloped nations we are seeing an increase in populations.  The world is changing quickly and successful businesses are those who stay on top of it.
In March CI, Dr. Itzhak Krinsky, chairman of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Japan and Korea will be sharing insights on what he is seeing in the Pharma industry.  Mr. Krinsky will be highlighting
  • Demographic Changes
  • Changing Global Workforces
  • New Global Industrial Order
  • The Changing Consumer Landscape
Looking forward to another insightful meeting.
Date- Friday, 13 March 2015
1230PM-1400PM
Venue-
Roppongi Hills Club- Roppongi Hills Club- Ask for “CEO Insights Luncheon”
51 fl. Roppongi Hills Mori Tower,
6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku,
Tokyo, 106-6151 Japan

March 2015- C8- Value Co-Creation: The Intersection Between Brand & Consumer

Value Co-Creation: The intersection between brand & consumer – and the next big thing in marketing

Phillip Rubel, CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi Fallon Tokyo, will give his annual media update.  Mr. Rubel will share on a growing trend he expects to not only massively escalate but actually transform over the next few years. As we’ve seen each year for this popular presentation,  he’s bound to bring along some examples of work that will hopefully inspire and entertain.

Looking forward to another insightful meeting.
Date- Thursday, 12 March 2015
1230PM-1400PM
Venue-
Roppongi Hills Club- Roppongi Hills Club- Ask for “CEO Insights Luncheon”
51 fl. Roppongi Hills Mori Tower,
6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku,
Tokyo, 106-6151 Japan

March 2015- CI Group 3 Kick Off- The Best CEO

CEO Insights is pleased to announce the kick off of the third CEO Insights group.  G3 is in response to 4 firms wanting to join CEO Insights but existing groups being completely full.
In our March 2015 kick off, G3 will introduce the CI concept, guidelines, and direction of the new group.  We will quickly jump into topic of “The Best CEO” as we get to know each other in this invaluable executive group.
Date- Wednesday, 11 March 2015
1230PM-1400PM
Venue-
Roppongi Hills Club- Roppongi Hills Club- Ask for “CEO Insights Luncheon”
51 fl. Roppongi Hills Mori Tower,
6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku,
Tokyo, 106-6151 Japan

2015 Feb C8 CEO Insights- Running The Region- Asia Pacific, Understanding The Opportunities And Pitfalls

With China’s reported economy now displacing the US, many eyes have come to look at Asia and the potential opportunity here.  Recent reports say that Apple sold more iPhones in China than in the United last quarter.  The countries of Asia and how they are managed by the HQ has become more important.  Asian countries are known as Asia Pacific by most global entities.
Asia Pacific is a large and diverse region that presents many opportunities for multi-national companies, but also many pitfalls.  This month Nick will moderate the group with an insightful discussion on leading a team to success in the funnest and most dynamic region on the planet.
Topics:
  • Kick-off and overview based on NCR experiences over the last two years
  • How are different parts of APAC the same?  How to leverage these similarities to generate business success?
  • How are different parts of APAC different?  How to surmount these differences to avoid business pitfalls?
  • building an effective leadership team in APAC
  • keeping work/life balance while leading an APAC team
Date– Thursday, 12 Feb 2015
1230PM-1400PM
Venue–
Roppongi Hills Club- Roppongi Hills Club- Italian Restaurant- La Cucina
51 fl. Roppongi Hills Mori Tower,
6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku,
Tokyo, 106-6151 Japan

March Special CI Event- Strategic Communications – Lunch with Global CEO, CNC

SPECIAL CI – JOINT EVENT- Visiting CEO From Germany.

Dr. Christoph Walther, CEO and founder of CNC – Communications & Networking Consulting AG, will be visiting Japan in March briefly.  We have been able to get time out of his busy itinerary to join CI to share enlightening insights on recent European and global corporate communication trends over lunch.  CNC has been advising on some of the largest global M&A deals over the last decade. Mr. Walther himself was Head of Communications at Daimler during the take-overs of Chrysler and Mitsubishi Motors.

CNC is a strategic communications advisory firms, headquartered in Munich/London, with an international network of 11 offices across eight countries, delivering high-end consultancy to management teams in the industry, politics, the financial world and the media. Since, 2012, CNC is part of Publicis Groupe, one of the world’s largest communication corporations. Publicis competes with US-based WPP and Omnicom.

Date– Wednesday, 4 March 2015 1200PM-1400PM

Venue-
Roppongi Hills Club- Roppongi Hills Club- Italian Restaurant- La Cucina
51 fl. Roppongi Hills Mori Tower,
6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku,
Tokyo, 106-6151 Japan

2015 Jan C20 CEO Insights- Setting & Achieving Corporate Goals In A New Year

With a new year many people set new goals for the year.  Many individuals set regular exercise as they’re New Years resolution and usually fail in a few months into the year.  CEOs don’t have the luxury of failure and keeping their jobs. Running a firm in the Japan is no easy task.  Some CEOs additionally have to even cover this at the regional level.   There are operational, financial, marketing, and other issues that the CEO has to be constantly thinking about.   CEOs must effectively use their resources or risk giving the reins of the enterprise to some new younger challenger.
In the January CEO Insights meeting we’ll be talking about Setting and Achieving Organizational Goals.  Some areas to be covered will be-
-Setting and motivating the front line sales team for a new year of effective revenue generation
-Insights on how to make sure your Customer Service team is really servicing the customer.

-Engaging and developing the back office team
-Developing next gen leadership
-Advertizing that works
-Internal motivation programs for the team
Enjoy this chance to find out what works well from other CEOs who’ve done it already.
Date– Friday, 9 January 2015 1230PM-1400PM

Venue-
Roppongi Hills Club- Roppongi Hills Club- Italian Restaurant- La Cucina
51 fl. Roppongi Hills Mori Tower,
6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku,
Tokyo, 106-6151 Japan

2015 Jan C8 CEO Insights- Setting & Achieving Organizational Goals In A New Year

With a new year many people set new goals for the year.  Many individuals set regular exercise as they’re New Years resolution and usually fail in a few months into the year.  CEOs don’t have the luxury of failure and keeping their jobs. Running a firm in the Japan is no easy task.  Some CEOs additionally have to even cover this at the regional level.   There are operational, financial, marketing, and other issues that the CEO has to be constantly thinking about.   CEOs must effectively use their resources or risk giving the reins of the enterprise to some new younger challenger.
In the January CEO Insights meeting we’ll be talking about Setting and Achieving Organizational Goals.  Some areas to be covered will be-
-Setting and motivating the front line sales team for a new year of effective revenue generation
-Insights on how to make sure your Customer Service team is really servicing the customer.

-Engaging and developing the back office team
-Developing next gen leadership
-Advertizing that works
-Internal motivation programs for the team.
Enjoy this chance to find out what works well from other CEOs who’ve done it already.
Date– Thursday, 8 January 2015 1230PM-1400PM

Venue-
Roppongi Hills Club- Roppongi Hills Club- Italian Restaurant- La Cucina
51 fl. Roppongi Hills Mori Tower,
6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku,
Tokyo, 106-6151 Japan

CEO Insights Dec (C20) – 2014 Year End Wrap up- Better Boss, Better Company

As yet another year closes, many executive offices are reviewing what worked and what didn’t, what sold and what didn’t,  what blew up and what overflowed.  In addition to national responsibility, many of our member CEOs have other countries in Asia as well as Australia/New Zealand reporting to them.  Growth is about reflecting on management mistakes as well as building management successes.

The December CEO Insights meetings is one of the most popular and well attended meetings as executives get ready for the Christmas holidays.  This will be likely be your last chance to rub elbows with Asia’s top Tokyo-based CEOs and leadership.

The meeting
Date– Friday, 12 Dec 1230PM-1400PM
Venue–
Roppongi Hills Club- Roppongi Hills Club- La Cucina Restaurant (Italian)
51 fl. Roppongi Hills Mori Tower,
6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku,
Tokyo, 106-6151 Japan

CEO Insights Dec(C8)- 2014 Year End Wrap up- Better Boss, Better Company

As yet another year closes, many executive offices are reviewing what worked and what didn’t, what sold and what didn’t,  what blew up and what overflowed.  In addition to national responsibility, many of our member CEOs have other countries in Asia as well as Australia/New Zealand reporting to them.  Growth is about reflecting on management mistakes as well as building management successes.

The December CEO Insights meetings is one of the most popular and well attended meetings as executives get ready for the Christmas holidays.  The meeting will commence with a tour of the beautiful new Baxter offices by President Mr. Gerald Lema.  Following the introduction to Baxter’s way of working and new facility will be a tasty lunch prepared by the Chefs at the new Andaz Hotel (Hyatt group) at the top of the tower.

The meeting
Date– Thursday, 11 Dec 1215PM-1400PM
Venue–
Baxter Ltd.
Toranomon Hills Mori Tower 20F
1-23-1 Toranomon
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6320
TEL ：03-5961-7810

Meal following at Andaz Tavern

CEO Insights November(C20)- The Art Of Corporate Budgeting

Over the years there have been many firms that have gone out of business for not managing their resources well.  This can be people, plant, equipment and many other things. In short we’re talking about managing the money through accurate budgeting..

Near the year end (whether it be calendar or fiscal) CEOs must finalize budgets and analyze both capital and operational expenditures to date with their management team.    The typical “buy low, sell high” is the traditional start however bosses must be aware of their business costs from various angles.

In the Nov CEO Insights C20 meetings the group will discuss
Budgeting for expansion
Ascertaining how teams salary increase shall be balanced
Tax breaks available in Japan
When to make capital investments and when to sit tight.

November is a great chance to compare notes and get great insights from other c-levels on what we all love to do, allocate our resources through budgeting that grows our business.

The meeting
Date– Friday, 14 November 1230PM-1400PM
Venue-
Roppongi Hills Club- Roppongi Hills Club- La Cucina Restaurant (Italian)
51 fl. Roppongi Hills Mori Tower,
6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku,
Tokyo, 106-6151 Japan