We know the world is changing. But all this talk about communications, advertising, digital… how does a CEO navigate the maze of new ideas out there? And will it really contribute to your business’ bottom line and corporate image? Many people talk about corporate image, but who has the results to prove it?

CEO Insights (CI) is pleased to welcome Mr. Richard Edelman, one of the world’s leading gurus in the area from the United States to a special combined group lunch.  Richard Edelman, of the eponymous firm, has graciously agreed to spend time with the CEO Insights members. He will help CI bosses make sense of how digital, multiple information platforms and new media are creating a new dynamic in the way companies and brands communicate with their stakeholders. And eliminate the confusion surrounding the world of communications and marketing.

Please come and join us for what will be a provocative talk and some lively discussion.   This is a special session with limited seating and may have some guest CEOs as well.

We are excited to have this chance to meet with one of the world’s thought leaders.  You can read more about Mr. Edelman here.

Date– Tuesday, 18 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

CEO Insights is pleased to welcome a global CEO and thought leader to a special luncheon in November.

Mark Templeton is president and CEO of Citrix. Templeton leads the Citrix vision for a world where people, IT and businesses can experience work and life their way. He is responsible for the company’s market direction, product strategy and ensuring the best possible experience for Citrix customers. He guides the unique Citrix culture by emphasizing core values of conviction, humility, integrity and respect. He manages just over 10,000 employees and the revenue to match it.

A popular and provocative speaker, Templeton has shared his perspective and technology vision with audiences at events such as CIO 100 and Interop, as well as the Citrix Synergy user and Citrix Summit partner conferences. He has received numerous leadership awards, such as the AeA Abacus Award for Outstanding High-Tech Executive, “Businessperson of the Year” (EVIE Award) and the Excalibur Award. He is also included on Glassdoor’s 2013 list of “50 Highest Rated CEOs” Citrix is regularly recognized as one of the best places to work in the US.

This is a C8 CI meetings that will be open to members of the C20. Don’t miss this unique chance to connect with a global high tech visionary.

The meeting
Date- Thursday, 13 November 1130PM-1300PM
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

Chief Executives come from various backgrounds. Most have undergraduate degrees with some having earned MBAs and other advanced degrees. However, most c-levels have learned their businesses from the ground up. They know their fields and can effectively run their creative, services, energy, technology, or other businesses.
The CEO Insights (CI) lunches bring committed CEOs together each month in order to foster learning and communications between non-competitive CEOs. At the November CEO luncheon, we will have our first “CEO Answers” meeting. Each CEO will bring a question that affects their business and be able to get answers and suggestions from the other CEOs in the room.

Questions may be anything that is related to business, domestic, regional or global. Questions may include topics that are financial, operational, sales/marketing, or even personal. Example questions may be-

-What is the most effective way to promote my product on the web?
-How do I get my HR team to become more proactive?
-How do I deal with _____________?
-What is the best way to find a balance of being successful in business and family life?
-Must know tricks about doing business in Japan

The meeting
Date– Thursday, 9 October 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

Like or not, sales is the lifeblood of any healthy business.  Legal firms don’t like to admit it, however in order to gain new clients firms must be known and liked to be able to get new business across the board.  Every c-level must be aware of what their strengths are and be able to promote those areas.  With the advent of the internet, sales and marketing tools and practices have changed dramatically.

The CEO Insights Luncheon will dive into just exactly what has changed and what the CEO can do about it.  We’ll be welcoming special guest Amy Guarino, VP of Corporate Planning at Marketo KK.  She’ll be sharing some insights on what she has learned in her 16 years 16 years working at Silicon Valley cloud start-ups. During the last six years, Amy headed business development at Marketo, one of the leaders in the marketing space, where she helped grow the company from 100 customers to almost 4000 customers and from less than US$1M revenue to over US$1B in market cap.

Date – Friday, 10 October 2014 1230PM-1400PM
Venue-Roppongi Hills Club- Roppongi Hills Club- Italian Restaurant- Proteus (Ask for “CEO Luncheon”)
51 fl. Roppongi Hills Mori Tower,
6-10-1 Roppongi,Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-6151 Japan

As Fall approaches and the calendar year comes closer to an end, CEOs have nearly a year of professional experiences to reflect on.  In June, the CEO Insights Forum (CIF) was a success with c-levels from 21 companies representing the worlds leading banks, human resource, software firms, automotive, consumer goods, and even advertising firms to name a few.  You can read a quick summary about it here.  Special thanks to Ernest & Young and Saatchi & Saatchi Fallen bosses for excellent presentations.

On 23 October,  the Fall CIF will be the last invaluable opportunity this year to see the two special CEO speakers, give you a chance to connect with other c-level peers, and enjoy drinks and great food on top of Roppongi Hills.   Space is limited so please secure your place as soon as convenient.  Guests are welcome but must be running a firm in an executive/board level (c-level) position.

Place:      Roppongi Hills Club 51F, Roppongi Hills Tower
Date:       Thursday, 23 October
Time:       1900PM-2030PM
Cost:        8,000 Yen
RSVP:     Sign Up On line here

*The CEO Forum is an invitation-only event. Sign up is online but please let us know if you would like an invoice sent as there is no payment at the door.  Cancellations may be made up to 18 Oct by 5PM.

Japan’s business environment used to be one where proactive communication was not seen as necessary. “We are all Japanese so we understand each other naturally, “ went the mantra.  However, increasing complexity and more diverse individual values systems combined with economic challenges have changed the communications dynamic significantly.  The need for companies to communicate their brand value and corporate strategy to both external and internal stakeholders has never been higher.  Ross will talk about the changing communications environment in Japan.  He will cover the drivers of how to build trust,  latest trends in crisis and issues management and how to communicated effectively with employees.

September’s CEO Insights meeting will welcome Edelman’s Japan boss, Mr. Ross Rowbury.  Ross has been living and working in Japan for 35 years.  Originally working in finance, Ross moved to the public relations industry some twenty years ago. Over that period he has been advising executives from both Japanese and non-Japanese companies on communications strategy and implementation.

Date – Friday, 12 September 2014 1230PM-1400PM
Venue– Roppongi Hills Club-
51F Italian Restaurant- La Cucina
Roppongi Hills Mori Tower,
6-10-1 Roppongi,
Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-6151 Japan

For the large multinational corporation, systems policies, and practices are not just a part of business, they can sometimes become an internal religion.  People are frequently pushed to jump into the mold of the corporate office.  The up and coming new venture companies are on the other side of the spectrum.  Although dynamic to work with, they are frequently missing the processes and programs to truly grow their businesses, manage their teams, and  retain great people.

In the Sept CEO Insights Meeting (C8) will discuss the recent trend, MSE.  How bosses are managing, systemizing and expanding (MSE) their businesses in ways that

-Onboarding new players efficiently and effectively
-Identifying and rewarding top performers
-Establishing programs that retain people
-Eliminating systems that distract and utilizing those that enhance the business
-Keeping Quality levels high even as the business expands

Date – Thursday, 11 Sept 2014 1230PM-1400PM
Venue– Roppongi Hills Club-  51F Chinese Restaurant-
Roppongi Hills Mori Tower,
6-10-1 Roppongi,
Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-6151 Japan

Not many companies in the world are run by charismatic personalities that emulate a form of leadership that is easy for these corporate teams of people to follow. And not every Chief Executive is a Steve Jobs type of individual with a great charisma may motivate people for long. Great leadership is something that is the result of consistency and dedication.

Corporations need to have guidelines, programs, recognition strategies, and other practices in place that motivate the achieving employees but also nurture and develop the new players and those people not achieving their potential.

In the August CEO Insights we will discuss this topic and discuss who we-

• Identify and reward top performers
• Develop and maximize the performance of new staff
• Look at differences in motivating Western versus Asian nationalities in a corporate environment
• Dealing with your back-office staff and customer support teams
• Managing the various personalities and expectations within the team
• Dealing with Conflicting Individuals

Date – Friday, 8 August 2014 1230PM-1400PM

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

Like or not, sales is the lifeblood of any healthy business.  Legal firms don’t like to admit it, however in order to gain new clients firms must be known and liked to be able to get new business.  Every c-level must be aware of what their strengths are and be able to promote those areas.  With the advent of the internet, sales and marketing tools and practices have changed dramatically.

The CEO Insights Luncheon will dive into just exactly what has changed and what the CEO can do about it.  We’ll be welcoming special guest Amy Guarino, VP of Corporate Planning at Marketo KK.  She’ll be sharing some insights on what she has learned in her 16 years 16 years working at Silicon Valley cloud start-ups. During the last six years, Amy headed business development at Marketo, one of the leaders in the marketing space, where she helped grow the company from 100 customers to almost 4000 customers and from less than US$1M revenue to over US$1B in market cap.

Date – Thursday, 14 August 2014 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

Judging by the comments of the c-levels that attended, the CIF was a huge success.  The AINEO Networks Managing Director welcomed all the guest Chief Executives to the top of the Roppongi Hills tower.  Each boss got a chance to talk a bit about what was going on in their business and was able to connect with the large group as an individual.

A delicious buffet was prepared by the Hyatt chefs that followed with a chance for the diverse bosses from Japan, Europe, Australia, and the United States. C-levels had a chance to to connect and talk about their businesses in Asia.  The CEO of ING Mutual Japan was introduced to moderate the special guest speakers.

Following the fabulous meal, the Saatchi & Saatchi Fallon CEO captivated the Forum with great insights on “How To Be A Creative Leader”.  He combined a lively talk with a presentation to match as well as video examples.  The CIF attendees were impressed.

Ernest & Young had a strong presence at the event with the Executive Director for Japan’s operation introducing E&Y Partner and Big Data special who had flown in from Munich as the speaker.  Although the E&Y speaker is a specialist integrated business solutions with focus on Analytics, Social Media, Portals and Data Management, the crowd was thoroughly engaged.  CEOs were able to glean many points to take back to their businesses.  The conclusion was Big Data should be an integrated part of any company wishing to do big business and continue into coming years.

It was a great event.  Thanks to Saatchi & Saatchi Fallon and Ernest & Young for thought-provoking presentations.  Special thanks to all those bosses that participated in the CIF to make it an event like no other of this caliber.

We look forward to next Fall CEO Insights Forum in October.