Development and Nurturing of Talent

Based on the belief that the growth of each Mizuno employee leads to the sustainable growth of the Mizuno Group and ultimately to the realization of our purpose, vision, and values, we are committed to human resource development. Each employee is expected to autonomously strive for personal and professional development and to demonstrate the results of these efforts in their daily work activities, thereby creating a sense of fulfillment.
The company supports the growth of each employee and encourages them to create their own growth plans through long-term, continuous, and systematic training. Additionally, human resource development and training are regarded as essential responsibilities of management.
Managers are expected to continuously and systematically develop the abilities and skills of their team members.

To help employees develop new skills, Mizuno takes the following approaches based on the philosophy education program that requires employees to learn about Mizuno’s corporate DNA: 1) stratified training, which helps employees acquire the skills and ability needed at the stage of their careers they are currently at; 2) purpose-based training, which helps employees acquire specialized skills needed to resolve specific individual management issues; and 3) self-training support, which helps employees train themselves.

Mizuno’s human resources evaluation system is not based on age or length of service. Instead, it is based on three criteria: 1) ability demonstrated through daily actions, 2) roles played, and 3) contribution to the Company’s performance. To evaluate each employee's abilities and analyze their aptitudes from multiple perspectives, Mizuno introduced a human resources assessment system in FY 2017.
When conducting ability and performance evaluations, we hold mid-term 1-on-1 meetings between supervisors and subordinates to gather information, make necessary adjustments, and reach mutual agreement, thereby enhancing the credibility of the evaluations. Furthermore, we conduct evaluator training to ensure high-quality evaluations and fair feedback, which in turn supports the development and engagement of subordinates. Supervisors and subordinates also hold feedback meetings to discuss evaluation results, aiming to promote employee growth through the evaluation process.

Mizuno’s human resources development and training program is a combination of OJT (daily work execution, transfer experience) and OFF-JT (education / training) as well as a personnel system (personnel evaluation / treatment, etc.). Through this program, Mizuno develops employee skills and improves organizational capabilities.
For managers, based on the personnel system revised in FY 2019, Mizuno will bring out their ability to autonomously broaden their horizons and take on new challenges by effectively operating the system that appropriately evaluates and treats them according to the size of their role and the degree of performance.
For general employees, based on a newly started system from the FY 2022, we will emphasize contributions according to individual aptitude, focusing on nurturing the strength that will be the source of competitiveness to bear the future.