I am Yoshida, president of Yamada Shusei Ltd., a professional apparel garment repair group in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture.
Recently, I read a manga titled “The Lonely Death Mansion”(written by Nazuna Saito, Shogakukan). The manga deals with the issues of “aging,” “aging society,” and “lonely death,” and depicts the daily lives of elderly people living alone with their cats in an apartment complex built during the period of rapid economic growth, while waiting to die alone.
I frankly thought, This is no one else's business!
From a manager's perspective, it reminded me once again of the importance of human connections.
Building an organization is not only about making operations more efficient, but also about providing a place where employees can support each other and grow.
We as managers also have a role to play in building the future of the organization while valuing each individual's story.
Connecting individual “My Story” to “Our Story” for the organization as a whole means that each employee's individuality and experiences are recognized and valued as part of the larger organizational story.
Management can build a stronger organizational culture by creating an environment where employees understand their roles, share the company's vision, and contribute to the growth of the organization through their own stories.
The process is an accumulation of casual, everyday activities, and it may be said that the outcome depends on how intentional mechanisms are incorporated into those casual, everyday activities.
