SEI University
-- Supporting employees in developing personally and professionally through their work

The SEI Group supports employees in developing personally and professionally through their work. SEI has focused on developing human resources since its foundation in the 19th century. Even back in those days, when private companies seldom dispatched employees abroad, SEI sent its employees overseas to study and to receive on-site, hands-on training. Taking over such traditions, SEI University was established in April 2005 in order to provide a venue for:

(1) Disseminating SEI Group's corporate philosophy;
(2) Sharing SEI Group's management strategies and vision; and
(3) Developing employees' abilities, skills and knowledge so that they may play active roles in the global community

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  Ikoma Seminar House

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  Minami-Hakone Seminar House

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  Technical Training Center

Worldwide Training Programs
-- a set of training programs available around the globe

SEI University offers various learning opportunities in many locations and countries.

Action Learning
-- a hands-on program to tackle actual business challenges in teams.

Action Learning is a practical training session for executive officers and business unit chiefs of the SEI Group in which a small group of about five to six people conduct studies on key management themes of current importance. Since 2010, non-Japanese participants have been invited to the program, mainly those who have participated in the Global Leadership Development Program in the past. The results do not end up as mere case studies. Proposals that are deemed promising are further examined and embedded into the group’s actual management policy measures.

For example, USA team members proposed to establish a “US Sumitomo Electric Group Monozukuri (= manufacturing) Development Committee” , which was created in 2010.

Global Leadership Development Program
-- a program held in Japan for local executives from around the world to discuss various issues

Local executives of Sumitomo Electric Group have been invited from all over the world to Japan to discuss managerial issues and to learn about the Sumitomo Spirit and business management. It is also an opportunity for participants to give their presentation to board members including the president of Sumitomo Electric Industries.

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  The President delivering a lecture

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  Group Discussion Scene

Coaching Program

Coaching program for leadership development is available for managers working outside Japan.

Trainee Program
-- a cross-border trainee program for future global leaders

Many of our young and mid-level employees are dispatched as trainees to work in various business fields across business departments and national borders. This is to provide our people with opportunities of cross-cultural experiences to become future leaders with a global perspective.