Session III a: July 26-30, 2010

36. Advanced Workshop: Coaching Global Executives George Renwick This advanced workshop will provide seasoned professionals with a forum to discuss difficult cutting-edge issues with a master consultant and to share insights with each other about working with global executives.

Designed for Objectives Learning Activities George Renwick Experienced managers, management consultants, OD and OE practitioners, trainers, and coaches (both internal and external) who have worked with international organizations and international personnel for at least five years. Participants will have the opportunity to: Discuss candidly and confidentially the major strengths, weaknesses, and potential of executive coaching today Draw upon the combined experience of the faculty and participants, then distill the most useful lessons and best practices Generate, together, deeper insight into: Our Clients: The unique responsibilities, challenges, and concerns of international executives today and their specific expectations of us (their coaches) Our Concentration: How coaching international executives differs from coaching domestic executives, and how coaching differs from teaching, training, and counseling Our Craft: The range of new coaching roles now emerging and the variety of methods available and appropriate for international executives Our Strategy: Marketing, pricing, evaluating, and improving our coaching services Our Contribution: Personal and professional resources and skills essential to contributing exceptional value to international executives New insights and professional competence will result from: In-depth exploration of cultural realities encountered when coaching in Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East Analysis of actual situations in a variety of industries and international organizations where faculty and participants have been (and are now) directly involved Critiques of the most relevant books, articles, and social science research Creative dialogue on culture and coaching in international organizations during the next several years, plus implications for each participant   Dr. George Renwick is the president of Renwick and Associates, a consulting firm established in 1973. He has completed consulting assignments in 26 countries for 40 multinational corporations. His clients (and the locations where he has worked) include AT&T (in China and New York), Exxon (in Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Houston), Motorola (in France, Hong Kong, and Phoenix), Ford Motor Company (in China and Detroit), Aetna International (in Chile, Korea, and Hartford), FMC (in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Philadelphia), Kontura Group (in Sweden), Sun Life Financial (in China, India, and Toronto), and the Swiss Bank Corporation (in New York, Chicago, and Switzerland). The roles in which he usually serves are as a management consultant and senior executive coach.