Intercultural Communication Institute

SIIC 2009 Description

35 | Advanced Workshop: Coaching Global Executives

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
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.

Objectives
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

Learning Activities
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

Faculty: George Renwick

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.