The global business environment has been changing over the years. The landscape surrounding businesses now is increasingly competitive and complex. The digital revolution is reshaping the employee mix. The changes have unavoidably contributed to persistent uncertainty, the establishment of a multigenerational workforce, and the shortening of the shelf life of knowledge, and they have placed a 
premium on reskilling and upskilling.

The Takasago Group are companies that are built upon capable people whose learning is fueled by their foresight and innovation. We have developed the Educational Programs concept to contribute to the upskilling of our employees, increase our employees’ creativity and elevate our employees to new heights.

Educational Programs

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Number of training programs employees participated in

One of the site-specific programs that has been established is Takasago International Corporation (TIC)’s Takasago College, an in-house institution that has been operating since 2009 to provide our employees with an environment that enables them to acquire experience and increase their skills in a broad range of areas.

Basic Course

Participants are junior employees. To deeply understand each other’s business operations, they make a presentation about the flow of their own operations. This activity is expected to strengthen their performance and communication capabilities.

Advanced Course

Takasago provides a program to enhance participants’ knowledge and skills. To increase their flexibility to enable them to take on new challenges, participants learn about communication skills, logical thinking and other skills. The program is not just about learning skills. It is also focused on ways to utilize these skills on the job.

Current learning & development programs at Singapore

eLearning Platform	Image	Takasago International Singapore (TIS) has made available a platform with more than 15,000 online learning programs developed by industry experts. These courses are made available in many languages including English, Spanish, German, French and Japanese. We leverage the eLearning platform to enable self-directed online learning and development. It has been especially critical for thriving through knowledge during the pandemic. 　HR constantly creates new learning paths on the eLearning platform, uploading company specific training content (i.e., safety videos) and recommends courses via email to all employees and to specific departments to encourage a culture of self-directed learning within the  company.
Present with Impact	Image	TIS has created an extra ordinary presentation skill training program designed to enable:  - Meetings with managers for pre-training analysis  - 1-on-1 coaching for each trainee  - Employees taking the course to meet with trainers regarding presentation preparation for one year following the end of the training program
Critical Thinking	Image	Creative problem solving and decision making is important for people in all divisions, from managers to executives. Takasago has designed a training program that focuses on enabling employees to think critically in every situation and on methodologies for identifying creative solutions to every problem.
Key Account Management	Image	Understanding effective ways of managing key accounts is a fundamental part of enabling businesses to grow stronger. TIS has created a key account management training program with the intent of improving our teams’ skills in these areas:  - Effective account business planning  - General business and the development of businesses  - Measuring the effectiveness of your relationships with 　customers  - Fine tuning strategy