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Art Reform Achieves Industry Recognition

The Fukuoka and Yokohama branches of Art Reform, a leading renovation company headquartered in Suita City, Osaka, have been honored with the 'Motivation Team Award 2025.' This prestigious accolade, awarded by Link and Motivation, recognizes organizations that have demonstrated significant improvements in employee engagement scores. Art Reform aims to enrich the lives of individuals through their motto, 'Bringing art to life and living through renovations.'

Understanding the Motivation Team Award

The Motivation Team Award is an annual event that celebrates companies and departments that have participated in Link and Motivation's 'Engagement Survey' during the preceding year. Among the hundreds of participating organizations, those showcasing remarkable metrics and positive changes are recognized as the best motivation teams. This award emphasizes the importance of a motivated workforce and aims to elevate standards across industries.

Insights into Employee Engagement Surveys

Link and Motivation conducts surveys to assess the 'Expectations' and 'Satisfaction' levels within organizations. The results are systematically mapped across 16 areas and 64 categories to visualize the organizational health. With a vast database covering 12,650 companies and over 5 million employees, the 'Engagement Rating' derived from these metrics is correlated with operating profit margins, as evidenced by joint research with Keio University. The results have also been included in reports by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, underscoring the critical role of employee engagement in driving business success.

Yokohama Branch: A Model of Growth

Striving to be a frontrunner in the industry, Art Reform's Yokohama branch has set ambitious growth targets within the Kanto region. As the oldest branch in the area and located in Kanagawa Prefecture, the branch plays a pivotal role in regional operations. Previously characterized by a reliance on veteran staff leading to inefficiencies, the branch has restructured its teams to include younger employees and standardized tools. This change involved redefining service areas to reduce travel time to within 30 minutes, enhancing internal communication, and improving service delivery. Consequently, these efforts led to a doubling of average project costs and significantly heightened customer satisfaction.

Fukuoka Branch: Focus on Team Cohesion

Established in 2020, the Fukuoka branch of Art Reform has focused on hiring recent graduates and fostering a strong sense of teamwork among its members. Their collaborative efforts were recognized when they received the prestigious Newcomer Award for employees within their first three years of joining and the award for the best branch in the company. To enhance team cohesion, the branch utilized the 'Mandala Chart,' a goal-setting tool once used by Major League Baseball player Shohei Ohtani, to encourage employees to define their roles and career aspirations aligned with the regional business plan through 2030. This not only fostered mutual understanding but also significantly boosted engagement and commitment to achieving their objectives.

About Art Reform

Founded in 1952, Art Reform has amassed over 6000 renovation projects annually and boasts a cumulative total of 150,000 completed renovations across the Kanto, Kansai, Tokai, and Kyushu regions. They operate both B2B services, collaborating with major real estate partners for renovations during property purchases, and B2C services, managing customer inquiries from various advertising platforms. Consistently recognized for their excellence, they have won the award for the highest number of renovation completions in Western Japan from the leading home renovation introduction site, Homepro, for 14 consecutive years. Since introducing their 'Motivation Cloud' engagement survey in 2017, they have consistently ranked in the top 15% of the 12,650 surveyed companies, further solidifying their status as a motivational leader in the industry with multiple accolades in the Motivation Team Awards since 2019.