From Section Manager to Department Manager to Business Unit Manager: Key Points for Designing Training Systems and Programs to Support Discontinuous Growth - Announcement of Free Online Seminar - Explaining a Management Training System That Avoids Creating "Super Section Managers"

Alue Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Bunshiro Ochiai; Securities Code: 7043), a provider of educational services for working adults, is pleased to announce that its lecture, "From Section Manager to Department Manager to Business Unit Manager: Key Points for Designing Training Systems and Programs to Support Discontinuous Growth," was selected as one of the top 7 lectures with the highest participant satisfaction among approximately 200 lectures at Japan's largest HR event, "HR Conference 2026 - Spring." Following the lecture, we received numerous requests such as "I want to listen again carefully," "I want to share this within my company," and "I want to use this as a reference to review our company's training system." In response, we will now hold this lecture content as a free online seminar.

Seminar Overview

Promotion to Section Manager, Department Manager, and Business Unit Manager is not merely an expansion of scope, but a change involving a "discontinuity" in required roles and thinking. However, many companies fail to reflect this discontinuity in their training systems, leading to the problem of so-called "super section managers" and a lack of development for the next generation of business unit managers. This seminar will explain everything from role definitions for each of the three management levels to the key points for designing systems and programs.

Recommended for:

・ Those who want to know the key points for building management training systems and designing effective training programs.

・ Those who are concerned about future organizational management due to the difficulty in developing candidates for future executives and business unit managers.

・ Those whose hierarchical or selected leader development is not progressing as expected.

・ Those who want to know how to elevate the perspective of managers and leader candidates.

Event Details

Date and Time: July 7, 2026 (Tue) 14:00 - 15:00

Target Audience: Individuals involved in training planning and implementation in HR and education departments.

Delivery Format: Web Seminar (Zoom Webinar)

Application Deadline: July 7, 2026 (Tue) 11:59

Seminar URL Distribution: Will be sent on July 6, 2026 (Mon) and July 7, 2026 (Tue)

How to Participate: Please join from the Zoom URL provided via email.

※ For details, please inquire here.

https://service.alue.co.jp/seminar/key-points-for-setting-up-a-trainingsystem-program

Speaker Profile

Alue Co., Ltd.

Solutions Division Manager, Executive Consultant

Shunsuke Nakamura

Graduated from the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo.

After working for a major non-life insurance company, he joined Alue Co., Ltd. in its early stages, where he held positions such as Sales Manager, Delivery Manager, and Representative of the Indian subsidiary. He also led the establishment of the "Paradoxical Leadership Industry-Academia Collaborative Course" at Kyoto University Graduate School of Management and taught as an associate professor. Currently, he is the head of the Solutions Division and works as an executive consultant, developing leaders for various companies.

Co-translated: "Paradoxical Leadership: Moving Beyond Either/Or Thinking to Achieve Diverse Values" (JMAM)

About HR Conference

"HR Conference" is Japan's largest HR event where business leaders from across the country, including executives, HR professionals, and managers, gather to learn and exchange opinions on a wide range of topics related to people and organizations, such as recruitment and training, organizational development, strategic HR, human capital management, engagement, and DX. It is held annually in spring and autumn, with over 400 sessions and more than 40,000 participants in total each year.

https://jinjibu.jp/hr-conference/

About Alue Co., Ltd.

Alue Co., Ltd. supports human resource development with the theme of "committed to training results," under the mission "To unlock all human possibilities for a world brimming with dreams - all the possibilities." We support the growth of organizations and individuals from a human resource development perspective by implementing hierarchical training for a wide range of layers from new employees to management, providing thematic training programs for areas such as global and DX human resource development, and offering e-learning through the learning management system "etudes." We aim to solve the diverse challenges of client companies by proposing and implementing solutions individually optimized for each customer, and we are working on this business as a group. https://www.alue.co.jp/

Inquiries Regarding This Matter

・ Alue Co., Ltd. Corporate Department Tel 03-6268-9791

・ Website Inquiry Form https://mkt.alue.co.jp/l/882713/2021-03-18/xjpp