Now is the Time for Serious Reskilling of Small Business Management! Announcing Specific Recommendations for "Achieving Wage Increases that Surpass Price Increases"

VUILD management Inc. (Location: Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Representative: Shoichi Akiyoshi) is a "Management Power Improvement Promotion Organization by Business Field" (only nine organizations in Japan) authorized by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry based on Article 26 of the Law for Strengthening Management of Small and Medium Enterprises, etc., and is working as a support organization familiar with small and medium enterprises to help them realize "serious wage increases. As a support organization that is well versed in SMEs, we are developing activities to realize "serious wage increases for SMEs". Why is it that "75% of SMEs cannot raise wages above the price level?" What is the root cause of the lost 30 years? and other issues, and made concrete proposals for the realization of wage increases that exceed the rise in prices.

The major theme of this year's conference was

Is it really OK not to learn from the teachings of the world's greatest business leaders, Mr. Kazuo Inamori and Mr. Shigenobu Nagamori? The theme was "Is it really OK not to learn the teachings of the world's great business leaders, Mr. Kazuo Inamori and Mr. Shigenobu Nagamori?

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We are "professionals in corporate reform and corporate restructuring" who have introduced management methods similar to the JAL restructuring Inamori method to small and medium-sized companies and transformed more than 20 companies into highly profitable enterprises through the two pillars of "awareness reform" and "visualization of profits. Based on his track record and experience, he strongly recommended that "now is the time for serious management reskilling of small and medium-sized companies" in order to realize wage increases that exceed higher prices. In this article, we will make specific recommendations.

Japan is home to two of the world's greatest business leaders, Mr. Kazuo Inamori and Mr. Shigenobu Nagamori.

Mr. Inamori's most famous book, "How to Live" has sold 1.2 million copies in Japan, but more than 2 million copies have been read in China, where major business leaders such as Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, and Ren Zhengye, CEO of Four Way, have been fascinated by him and, along with Konosuke Matsushita, are revered by Chinese business leaders.

I believe that the important teachings shared by these two great managers are "the strongest management that moves people," "management that ignites the hearts of employees," and "management that motivates employees.

At a press conference on Friday, October 18, Takeshi Niinami, Representative Secretary of the Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives), caused quite a stir when he said, "Managers who cannot pay a minimum wage of 1,500 yen are disqualified. There was a lot of criticism, such as whether small- and medium-sized enterprises would be eliminated, but the employees working for such enterprises were told that they should give up and move to a company with a higher annual salary, a statement with which we greatly agree.

The 75% of small and medium-sized business owners who are unable to raise wages in real terms are not only not managing their businesses with an awareness of labor productivity, but many of them are even more undermining the motivation of their employees. I believe that both government and management should have a sense of crisis.

Mr. Inamori ignited the hearts of not only executives but also employees with his "awareness reform" and rebuilt JAL by thoroughly visualizing earnings. Mr. Nagamori also successfully completed more than 60 mergers and acquisitions and grew his company to more than 1 trillion yen. He also says that the secret to restructuring is to "identify the true cause of the downturn and turn it around," and that the "awareness" of management and employees is a major factor in many of his successes.

The major similarity between their teachings is that they both emphasize the importance of "awareness (motivation, enthusiasm, and passion)," and there is a common equation.

The equation of life = "mindset" x "awareness (motivation/passion)" x "ability.

Mr. Nagamori of Nidec further quantitatively emphasizes that even though ability is five times greater, motivation (awareness) can spread up to 100 times greater.

VUILD always cites this important law as the "Law of Motivation" (named by us).

The Law of Motivation = "Ability" x "Motivation (Consciousness)

The difference in ability may be five times greater, but the difference in motivation is 100 times greater.

Therefore, I have been emphasizing that the difference between a profitable company or prosperous store and a non-profitable company or store is "the difference in the awareness of employees and shopkeepers.

A further similarity between the two is management that is strong in numbers. Although the importance of DX digital transformation is now a hot topic, they have adopted a true digital transformation that maximizes profits based on thorough cost accounting with "amoeba management," a management style that they have already adopted for several decades.

Such a great, world-class manager is in Japan,

I believe that the "lost 30 years" are due to the fact that we have not learned the lessons of such a world-class great manager in Japan.

If we do not know or learn these lessons for the next 30 years, there will be no future for Japan!

I have a sense of crisis.

There are young career bureaucrats who have never heard of JAL's restructuring methods or Mr. Inamori, and there are many small and medium business owners who do not understand how "consciousness reform" can improve labor productivity.

Ten years ago, Mr. Inamori once said, "The reason why the Japanese economy as a whole has been so stagnant for nearly 20 years is because the Japanese elite lacked a basic sense of morality and philosophy.

Now is the time for managers to change themselves first and work as one with their employees to increase labor productivity and corporate value. To this end, it is time for the government administration and companies to cooperate and take concrete actions to realize real wage increases.

It is precisely because of this sense of crisis that VUILD strongly recommends "serious management reskilling of small and medium-sized companies now," and specifically holds the "VUILD Reskilling School based on the teachings of great managers," which is described below.

■VUILD's ultimate proposal

　Based on the teachings of world-class great business leaders such as Mr. Kazuo Inamori, who rebuilt JAL.

　If we seriously implement "true human resource development" and "true DX reskilling,

　If we seriously implement "true human resource development" and "true DX reskilling" based on the teachings of Mr. Kazuo Inamori, who is the world's great manager of JAL reconstruction, and others, we can achieve "serious wage increase of small and medium-sized companies" and "reconstruction of Japan.

We believe that the reason for the "lost 30 years" is because we did not learn their teachings seriously as follows.

Although the bankrupt JAL could not have been rebuilt without Inamori, the wise decision of the Democratic Party of Japan at that time can be a big hint for the "Rebuilding of Japan" this time. The DPJ came to power immediately after the Lehman Shock. In the midst of the economic slump and the critical phase of the JAL bankruptcy, the DPJ announced that it would cancel the expert panel for the reconstruction of Japan Airlines that had been prepared by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism during the LDP era, and instead created a task team. With the blessing of his three generations, he asked Inamori, who is now 80 years old, to help him rebuild JAL. As a result, JAL's operating profit was 200 billion yen/year, far exceeding the company's plan, and the company was successfully restructured. The secret of his success was "thorough awareness reform" by executives who had no sense of crisis even at the time of the bankruptcy, corporate reform through "cross-function" by young and mid-career employees, and "visualization of earnings" (the ultimate digital transformation) through amoeba management that greedily pursues profitability.

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■JAL ReconstructionImplementing the Inamori Method can transform even small and medium-sized companies into highly profitable enterprises.

Our CEO, who was originally an engineer (graduate of Waseda University's School of Science and Engineering, TonenGeneral), has not only served as president of two Japanese subsidiaries of an American company overseeing Asia, but also has experience and achievements in restructuring a medium-sized, well-established company that was a first-tier subcontractor for automobile parts. He is a "professional of consciousness reform and corporate reform" who has already successfully reformed more than 20 small and medium-sized companies into highly profitable enterprises using the Akiyoshi method, which is similar to the Inamori method used to rebuild JAL. I have experience in corporate restructuring and have worked with two companies. He is also a professional in corporate restructuring, having restructured two companies.

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Proposal for a "Rekiring Juku" to learn "The Strongest Management to Motivate People" from Inamori and Nagamori

　Would you like to seriously learn the teachings of the world's greatest business leaders?

Because we have already turned more than 20 small and medium-sized companies into highly profitable enterprises using the Akiyoshi method of management, which is similar to the JAL reconstruction Inamori method, we can offer a "true reskilling course for small and medium-sized company management teams" that can significantly strengthen management capabilities in a short period of time. Based on the "3-Month Management School Course," which has been systematized and has an established reputation at the Chamber of Commerce and other organizations, we have created the "Ultimate Reskilling School" where you can thoroughly learn the teachings of Inamori, Nagamori, and others and acquire true digital transformation methods. The following is the content of the course.

First Lecture: What is the reality of small and medium-sized enterprises and what is important to increase labor productivity?

What is the reality of SMEs?　What is the real reason why a 4% wage increase cannot be achieved by "price pass-through"?

What are the important "guidelines by business field" for strengthening management based on the Law for Strengthening SMEs?

Why don't you learn how to calculate labor productivity and its relationship with average annual income?

Second Lecture: Learning from the teachings of the greats - the mindset and secrets of growing a company.

What is management that makes employees happy and moves their hearts?

Management mindset learned from Konosuke Matsushita, Kazuo Inamori, Drucker, etc.

What is the essence of the Inamori method for rebuilding JAL?　What are successful examples of small and medium-sized companies?

What is the ultimate management to become strong in DX and numbers?

What is DX? What are important numbers for management?

What is "visualization" that leads to a significant increase in profits by making full use of DX? Thoroughly learn costing and portfolio analysis methods

How to read financial statements and detect window dressing through case studies

What business techniques should be mastered to succeed in new business?

What are the minimum business methods (VRIO, 3C, 5F, Anzoff, EVM, etc.)?

What is the VRIO method to evaluate excellence and superiority in terms of resource allocation by leveraging strengths?

What are new businesses that maximize synergy effects?

What are business and management methods learned from highly profitable companies?

Critical difference between loss-making companies and highly profitable companies

What management techniques can we learn from the business models of highly profitable companies?

What is people management for building a one-team corporate culture?

What is important to build a One Team with strong bonds and trust, as learned from sports?

The importance of people management in fostering an exciting and energetic corporate culture

The 7th lecture] Management and Decision-Making Skills Training Course

Management and Decision-Making Skills Training Course through Case Studies

Speech course to convey passionate thoughts and inspire employees

The following courses have been well received among the many specialty courses offered by the company, as they hone management judgment and management skills that can only be provided by a person who has experience as a president. The participants of the first term of 2024 also took the course seriously this time. The model answers are also attached.

https://vuildmanagement.info/VUILDUltimateBusinessschool2024No6

Lecture 8: What is the management to increase annual income by more than 1,000,000 yen?

What is "management that pursues the material and spiritual happiness of employees" as advocated by Mr. Inamori?

How to learn "compassion based on altruism"?

This is the "Ultimate Likilingu Juku" (300,000 yen excluding tax), which includes 8 lectures and individual interviews for your company, where you will learn from Mr. Inamori and Mr. Nagamori about the most powerful management to move people. This course is also eligible for the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's "DX Reskilling Support Course of the Human Resource Development Support Subsidy" (subsidy rate of 75%).

However, we believe that the management and management team should first seriously reskill in order to realize a wage increase that exceeds the seriousness of higher prices.

We are planning to hold a kick-off and individual consultation meeting in mid-December 2024 so that 2025 will be a glorious year by dramatically strengthening management capabilities. The actual lecture is scheduled to start in mid-January 2025 or later.

Please join us for a free preliminary briefing session.

Please choose a convenient date and time from the following schedule. (All three sessions have the same content.)

(1) 11/26 (Tue) 11:00-12:00

(2) 11/27 (Wed) 13:00-14:00

(3) Tuesday, 12/3, 11am-12pm

Individual online consultations for strengthening management are now available. Please apply for "Free Individual Consultation" with your company name and title in the free space provided below.

VUILD Headhunting Group Reskilling Business( https://vuild-headhunting.com/contact-1 )

Company Profile

Company name: VUILD management Inc.

Representative: Shoichi Akiyoshi, Representative Director

Establishment ：October 1, 2008

Location : Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Business description: Management consulting, human resource development including training of next-generation management team, etc.

Originally an engineer (graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Science and Engineering, TonenGeneral). He has not only served as president of two Japanese subsidiaries of an American company overseeing Asia, but also has experience and achievements in restructuring a medium-sized, well-established auto parts company.

He has already turned more than 20 small and midsize companies into highly profitable enterprises through his unique management methods, which have much in common with the Inamori Method for JAL's restructuring, and is active as a "professional in consciousness reform and corporate reform. He is a "professional in awareness reform and corporate reform" who has already helped more than 20 small and midsize companies become highly profitable through his unique management techniques, which have much in common with the JAL Restructuring and Inamori Method.

Authorized Organization for Supporting Management Innovation, etc.] (ID: 107214002112)

M&A Support Organization of Small and Medium Enterprise Agency (Registration No. 1868)

In June 2022, we were certified by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry as a "Management Power Improvement Promotion Organization by Business Field" as a support organization capable of providing guidance and support for all business field-specific guidelines based on the Law for Strengthening Small and Medium Enterprises. (Only 9 organizations in Japan).

In September 2023, our "headhunting business for small and medium-sized enterprises in growing fields" was certified as a "career enhancement support business through reskilling" by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.