Business Coaching

The CEE wants to make sure that future generations are thoroughly prepared to make responsible financial decisions.

It’s a given that young people will face economic challenges and opportunities in the coming years. Perhaps spurred by the US recession, the Council for Economic Education (CEE) is committed to “empowerment and opportunity through economic and financial literacy,” it says.

An economic way of thinking is something that’s necessary in business and especially in coaching a business; you need to be able to foresee economic conditions and what economic solutions are best in each situation.

The CEE wants to make sure, however, that future generations are thoroughly prepared to make responsible financial decisions. To do this, it is focusing on developing training programs for K-12 teachers to teach their students.

Is this too early to learn about economics, supply and demand, and how to make informed financial decisions? It might be argued that it’s never too early to learn anything.

The CEE gives K-12 teachers tools they need to teach economics and finances with confidence, even if they themselves haven’t understood the subjects easily. Either way, this way the CEE is informing and educating more people – not only K-12 children, but also their teachers – and these classes and teaching tools will hopefully benefit everyone’s futures, helping everyone to make sound financial decisions later in life.

Melanie Oudin made it to the quarterfinals of the US Open.

Seventeen year old Melanie Oudin, that is, who upset some major players like Maria Sharapova and Nadia Petrova, in the US Open, which finished Monday. She was finally ousted from the tournament by No. 8 Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals. But to focus on the negative would be silly – after all, at just 17, Oudin made it to where few 17-year-old players make it in one of the biggest tennis tournaments.

First, Oudin had nothing to lose. If she made it to the finals or even won the US Open, she’d be a phenomenal news story. But if not – well, she’s just a kid, and she can just go back to practicing and playing. But the fact that she ousted tough players like Sharapova and Petrova at least say something of her abilities. It wasn’t just luck – it was skill. Skills discovered thanks to coaches showing Oudin how to play her best.

Oudin, despite her loss, is still another example of a young, promising athlete being coached to success…comparable to promising businesses being coached to success.