Celebrating our journey towards a more connected, skilled and future-ready workforce.
Nippon Sanso Holdings Singapore (NSHS), the regional headquarters for Southeast Asia, Korea, Taiwan and India, has been honoured with the Cornerstone Galaxy Award for Excellence in Skills Transformation at Cornerstone Connect 2026.
Presented at Cornerstone Connect 2026 by Cornerstone OnDemand, a global provider of workforce agility solutions serving approximately 7,000 organisations and 140 million users across 186 countries, NSHS is one of 17 organisations selected globally, and one of only two companies in Asia.
This distinction is a testament to our progress in advancing skills transformation across Southeast Asia, while strengthening capabilities, responding to evolving business needs and preparing our workforce for the opportunities ahead.
Creating One Connected People Ecosystem
At the center of this transformation is People Connect, our digital people ecosystem bringing together learning, development, career management and workforce planning into a seamless experience.
It offers employees greater access to learning opportunities and greater ownership of their career journeys, while providing managers and HR teams with deeper insights into workforce capabilities and requirements. Together, it helps better connect individual aspirations with business priorities, encourage knowledge-sharing across markets and functions, and retain the flexibility needed for local contexts.
Preparing Leaders to Navigate Change
As our business continues to evolve, leaders need to navigate new technologies, changing ways of working and increasingly complex business environments. This requires more than technical expertise and calls for transferable capabilities such as decision-making, collaboration, communication, resilience and adaptability.
Through our Grow Our Leaders (GOL) and Grow Our Managers (GOM) programmes, digital learning is complemented by coaching, mentoring and practical application, helping emerging leaders build confidence and turn new perspectives into actions.
Learning through Real Business Challenges
With a hands-on approach, our capstone and productivity projects are anchored in real business priorities, delivering tangible business outcomes through process improvements, operational solutions, innovation and new opportunities for growth.
As digitalisation and cross-border collaboration reshape the way we work, we are also redesigning roles to reflect emerging skills requirements, keeping them relevant while equipping employees to adapt to new responsibilities.
Strengthening Workforce Planning
Operating in a safety-critical and highly regulated industry, we rely on strong workforce expertise to safeguard operational safety, business continuity and long-term sustainability.
People Connect provides the foundation for a more data-informed approach to workforce planning, bringing greater visibility of skills, experience and development across Southeast Asia. This clarity enables our leaders and HR teams to identify emerging gaps, assess readiness for future roles, inform succession planning and support the deliberate development of leadership capabilities.
Building a Future-Ready Workforce
At Nippon Sanso, we are positioning ourselves for greater organisational resilience by investing in our people, evolving how work is designed and anticipating the workforce needs that will shape what comes next.
For our employees, it means taking greater ownership of learning and career progression, developing valuable capabilities and pursuing opportunities beyond their current roles.
For our managers, it means becoming stronger people leaders who recognise potential, strengthen performance and guide their teams through change.
For the organisation, it means shifting from role-centric development to a more skills-led approach, embedded through systems, governance, and leadership ownership, with clear alignment to business, safety and operational priorities.
Looking Ahead
While this award is a testament to the progress we have made and the collective effort behind it, skills transformation is not a destination but an ongoing journey.
As we look to what lies ahead, we will continue to challenge conventional thinking, stay attuned to new possibilities and turn them into meaningful progress — shaping a stronger, more sustainable future for Nippon Sanso.
