Leaders teaching leaders at Fujitsu Business Systems

The following story was written by Mr. Kentaro Iijima, the Corporate Senior Vice President of Fujitsu Business Systems Ltd., as a reflection on how they are using CoachingOurselves and how it is working.   

Fujitsu Business Systems has introduced CoachingOurselves in order to: 

• Adopt the essence of management theories from the IMPM,
• Improve management skills of middle-managers, and
• Promote interchange between the organizations within the company. 

A total of 125 participants will have completed the program at the end of 2010, which is equal to 20% of all the managers. In the beginning, we asked J.Feel, the Japanese partner of CoachingOurselves to facilitate the sessions, but now the alumni take the facilitator's role to guide their junior fellows. 

In order to facilitate by themselves, the alumni facilitators prepare the sessions in advance and facilitate their fellows with their actual experience in the company. Through the sessions they can hand down their skills and experiences to the fellows. 

By facilitating by themselves, the alumni can learn the contents of the sessions much more deeply. As a result, among the alumni facilitators and the fellows, atmosphere of community-ship is being created. We are confident that alumni facilitation is very effective and efficient. 

Written by FUJITSU BUSINESS SYSTEMS LTD. Corporate Senior Vice President, Mr. Kentaro Iijima   --