Local News on the 2010 G20 Summit

Local news on the 2010 G20 Summit is opening the possibility that it may not now be held in Muskoka. Apparently no final decision has been made yet. Toronto has been mentioned as a possible alternative, simply because it could more easily handle the numbers expected.

We'll have to see how this unfolds. Of course the 2010 G8 Summit, perhaps the last of the G8's will still be held in Huntsville. Many in the area feel Muskoka could handle the numbers the G20 would generate as well.

Regardless of whether you are from Canada, United States or one of the other G8 or G20 countries, if you are looking to work with an Executive Coach or a Leadership Coach in preparation for next year, please contact us.

 

2010 G20 Location is Still to Be Decided

It has been reported locally that the 2010 G20 location is still to be decided, possibly in the next week or two. Seems local reports of it being a sure thing were premature, maybe more hope than substance.

Muskoka is hosting the G8 but it seems there is some concern about accommodating something the size of a G20. We'll have to see what the final decision is.

Meanwhile the area already has people rolling in as preparations take place for the G8.

Visit our website and contact us for targeted personal coaching for G8, G20 and Civil Society leaders and key personnel.  Or phone 705.687.2711. Whether you are from outside of Canada or a host national, it may be beneficial to work with an Executive Coach from the area of the Summit.

For leadership coaching for the Summit and an Executive Coach close to Huntsville, Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, Orillia, Barrie or Toronto, contact us.

Who Uses a Personal Coach as a Sounding Board?

Leaders and executives probably make use of a personal coach as a sounding board more often than others.

There are perfectly good reasons for this.

• Top position really is a quite isolated place to be.


• Decisions involve issues that cannot be made public yet.


• Millions or billions of dollars may ride on a single decision.


• Whole careers, projects, programs or divisions may disappear.


• The opportunity is so exciting you don't want to get it wrong.

With my own clients I am most often engaged as a sounding board for tough decisions. It's not that the leaders and executives I work with can't make the decisions. These are savvy, smart men and women who didn't get to where they are by shying back from making the tough calls.

It is however, that they realize the benefit of having their thinking challenged by penetrating questions and alternate perspectives. In a completely confidential environment they welcome the opportunity to think through and review their line of thinking. They relish going down the rabbit trails to see where it will lead them ... without anyone making a big deal about it.

They invite the time to think about right positioning the correct people without being bound to their words. Thinking it through is good.

I fear we are being conditioned to rush into decisions without our best thinking being put into it. We are being groomed to solve complex problems in 30 minutes (minus the commercials). But too much rides on those decisions to leave them to the fickleness of copying a fictional world.

Sober second thought and thinking it through are still in vogue for our best leaders. They don't rush into final conclusions on major issues. And that's why so many of them use a personal coach, a behind-the-scenes partner who draws the best out in them and helps them make decisions that can stand the test of time.