Japan Inc. is finding ways to support staff self-actualization

Employers can play key role in supporting goal setting and attainment

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For Japanese young professionals, employers can play a key role in supporting goal setting and attainment and by extension, self-actualization. (Photo by Shihoko Nakaoka) 

Osamu Karita is managing director and senior partner in Boston Consulting Group's Tokyo office. He is the Japan lead for the BCG Henderson Institute, an in-house think tank. Gayatri Chandrasekaran is based in Gurugram, India as BCG's director for Asia-Pacific writing.

What does well-being mean to Japanese professionals? Do material things matter as much to them as relationships do? Do they matter less? Or are they looking for a higher purpose altogether?

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