Dear CEOs,

The benchmarking topic in May was excellent. Twelve executives attended, adding to a discussion that informative complimented with great Chinese food and a venue that was great for privacy.

June will bring us into the topic of “Keeping Your Costs Down” at DeLonghi’s in Daikanyama. Of course, this will be an open topic however suggested areas of interest thus far would be

-Effectively hiring people. (Recruiters, career sites, other routes)

-Realistic rents and locations

-Controlling Information Technology (IT) costs

-Communications costs (Mobile phones, internet, mobile access)

-Marketing promotions/Getting your product out there without spending a bundle (this could turn into another meeting)

-Please use the comment section below to add to this list

DATE Friday, 27 June 2008

Time 12PM-1330PM

Place

De’Longhi’s Tokyo-

Phone 03-5428-4631

Website here

Dear CEOs,

May’s CEO Luncheon is a very hot topic. We’ll be enjoying our private room, a very enlightening topic, and excellent Chinese food. We will run as a forum style meeting at the “Karin” Chinese restaurant in the ANA Hotel in Akasaka.

Friday, 30 May 2008

12PM-1330PM

Place

ANA Intercontinental Hotel-

Chinese Restaurant “Karin”

Phone 03-3505-1436

Website here

Dear CEOs,

Last month’s lunch was excellent.  Mike Neilon did an excellent job.

For April, Todd Olson, from Cushman and Wakefield, will be leading the discussion on “Buying Property in Japan and Holiday Properties”.  Todd is well versed with 20 years of experience in Japan (most of which was real estate) and real estate experience in other countries as well.

Friday, 25 April 2008

12PM-1330PM 

The lunch will be at XEX Tokyo again which was opened new in November in the new Daimaru building at Tokyo Station.  It will be an excellent lunch no doubt.

See you there!

XEX Tokyo

http://www.ystable.co.jp/restaurant/xextokyo/index.html

Phone 03 6266 0065

March 12, 2008

Dear CEOs,

We will be meeting on 21 March at 12PM in Yaesu.

Mike Neilon, our CEO representative from AMO Inc. will be our moderator.  He is no stranger to delegating and motivating with close to a hundred sales folks along with back office and customer support teams.

The lunch will be at XEX Tokyo (Bar & Cafe) which was opened new in November in the new Daimaru building at Tokyo Station.  It will be an excellent lunch with a great moderator and excellent information.

There is a limitation on the space so please confirm ASAP.

We are looking forward to seeing you.

Sincerely,

The CEO Luncheon Team

Meeting- Friday, 21 March 2008

Time- 12PM-1330PM

Location- XEX Tokyo in Yaesu side Tokyo Station. Location information here.

XEX Tokyo (Bar & Cafe)

http://www.ystable.co.jp/restaurant/xextokyo/index.html

Phone 03 6266 0065

Jan. 28, 2008

Dear CEOs,

We will be meeting on 22 February at 12PM in Ginza

We will be discussing Effectively Implementing Performance Appraisals in our companies. Jon Sparks, with extensive experience in this area, will be moderating. Come join us in Ginza, Tokyo’s oasis of great lunch restaurants all concentrated together.

We are looking forward to seeing you.

Sincerely,

The CEO Luncheon Team

Meeting- Friday, 22 February 2008

Time- 12PM-1330PM

Location- Cardenas in Ginza. Location information here.

Dear CEOs,

We will be meeting on 25 January at 12PM across from Tokyo Station at the SALT restaurant in the newly opened ShinMaru Building by executive chef Luke Morgan.

We will be discussing ways to develop yourself as a CEO.  A topic of very high interest.

We are looking forward to seeing you.

Sincerely,

The CEO Luncheon Team

Meeting- Friday, 25 January 2008

Time- 12PM-1330PM

Location- Shin-Maru Building-SALT Restaurant Marunouchi
Contact information here.

Dear CEOs,

We will be meeting on 21 December at 12PM across from Tokyo Station at the SALT restaurant in the newly opened ShinMaru Building by executive chef Luke Morgan.

The meeting will be a bit of a year-end celebration, feedback from the 2007 CEO Luncheon meetings,  and topped off with brief planning for 2008 and membership discussions.

We are looking forward to seeing you.

Sincerely,

The CEO Luncheon Team

Meeting- Friday, 21 December 2007

Time- 12PM-1330PM

Location- Shin-Maru Building-SALT Restaurant Marunouchi
Contact information here.

Looking forward to our last CEO official lunch of the year.  At this lunch we will be covering ways of retaining your key players.  As the job market tightens, key players become more and more important to the corporate team.  These days with the uncountable number of recruiters, name seeking call centers, and others trying to mine employee information from our offices we have to be aware. 

What things can we do to retain our key players?  Commission plans, equity in the company, company trips, ‘nomunication’, promotions, or even just a quarterly lunch with your team.  Find out what things work and what doesn’t from other CEOs in Japan. 

We will come out with a better understanding of what combination of factors work for our company. 

Meeting- Friday, 16 November 2007

Time- 12PM-1330PM

Location- Mitsui Garden Hotel- Sky

Contact information here.

October President’s Lunch- Managing Poor Performers (Moderator- Eric Ries)