In today's business environment, organizations face growing pressure to deliver results while navigating uncertainty, rapid change, and increasing demands on employees and leaders alike. As expectations continue to rise, the question is no longer simply how to perform, but how to sustain performance over time.
Join us for an engaging evening of discussion and practical insights as we explore how leaders, teams, and organizations can build resilience, foster psychological safety, and create environments where people can contribute at their best without compromising long-term wellbeing.
Bringing together perspectives from business, sport, and personal experience, our speakers will share how individuals and organizations can navigate pressure, support one another through challenges, and cultivate cultures that enable both high performance and human connection.
Rather than a traditional panel discussion, this session will feature a facilitated conversation designed to encourage reflection, exchange of experiences, and practical takeaways that participants can bring back to their own organizations.
We look forward to welcoming members for what promises to be a thoughtful and inspiring discussion on creating workplaces where people and businesses can thrive together.
Topics will include:
- Building resilient teams in demanding environments
- Leading through periods of personal and professional challenges
- Creating psychological safety and trust in the workplace
- Supporting employee wellbeing as a business and leadership responsibility
- Balancing ambition, performance, rest, and recovery
- Lessons from elite sport and corporate leadership on sustaining success over the long term
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Participation Fee (incl. tax)
3,300 JPY | for AHK Japan Members only
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Wednesday 4 November 2026
18:00 (door open 17:45) - 20:30 (JST)
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Robert Walters Ebisu Office
Robert Walters Ebisu Office, Tokyo, Shibuya-ku Ebisu 4-20-3 Yebisu Garden Place Tower, 17F
Programme
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Remarks
Language: English
Costs (incl. tax): 3,300 JPY for AHK Japan Members
Registration Deadline: 30 October, 2026
*Registrations are handled on a first-come, first-served basis according to availability | Cancellations after the registration deadline and no-show will be charged in full.
Expected Number of Participants: 40-50
Catering: Finger Food and Drinks
Haruka Watanabe works in creative talent development at DENTSU INC. and is the Founder / Lead of dentsu Mental Health Lab, an employee-led initiative that creates spaces for open dialogue around mental health, psychological safety and peer support in the workplace.
Hisako Shigaki currently serves as HR Business Partner at HCB Japan, supporting senior leadership and approximately 300 employees. With over 20 years of experience, she has held leadership positions at HCB Asia, Shiseido, GE Japan, and Japan Airlines.
Holding an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Hisako Shigaki specializes in strategic HR management, organizational transformation, and talent management.
Joshua Bryan is Senior Director at Robert Walters Japan, where he leads multiple specialist recruitment divisions across the Tokyo business. He is also Chair of the Board at TELL Japan and an active advocate for DE&I, mental health, and LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace. Joshua has spoken publicly on psychological safety and lived experience, with a focus on helping organisations build more open, human, and inclusive working cultures.
Dr. Tim Kübel is the focusing on Culture and Development at Borussia Dortmund's youth academy. Drawing on his background as a former professional player and his PhD in psychosocial development, he focuses on developing a balanced character to help elite teams sustain peak performance under pressure.
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