Jim Wetrich, ACC, Serving on ICF Global Board

ICF North Texas is known for having members who are strong leaders throughout the professional coaching world, and we are excited to announce that one of our members is serving on the 2022 ICF Global Board of Directors. Please join us in congratulating Jim Wetrich, ACC, of The Wetrich Group in Southlake, Texas, who has been a member of our chapter since 2018. Jim is founder, owner and CEO of the health care consulting firm providing comprehensive supply chain, operations, business development, sales and marketing advisory services for the United States and international suppliers and providers. These days, he focuses much of his time on executive coaching and mentoring.

Also known as “Big Red,” he uses his coaching expertise in many ways to navigate complex issues and allow and inspire people around him to accomplish more. His more than 40 years of health care advisory have resulted in excellent company and entrepreneurial activities across the U.S., Europe and Latin America, and include many partnerships and serving on a number of for-profit and not-for-profit boards, including advisory boards. Jim recently published his first book, Stifled: Where Good Leaders Go Wrong.

We are very excited to have this member of ICF North Texas represent coaches at the global level. Jim, we wish you a wonderful adventure ahead as a new Director of the Professional Coaches Board for ICF.

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Announcing Our ICF North Texas 2022 Board

When she saw the opening on the Board slate sent in early November, Lizette Warner stepped forward to learn more. After meeting with the Board, she was voted in to take the role of Director of Communications beginning January 1, 2022. We are excited to introduce you to Lizette, a PhD and PCC, who has been a leader for Philips Healthcare managing Strategic Innovations in Oncology. Lizette founded Optimum Vobis to provide Leadership coaching and training to Healthcare Organizations and Professionals. An avid podcaster, Lizette is the host of the fastest growing coaching party podcast out there, A PCC Coach Party, dedicated to celebrating credentialed coaches and sharing their insights and their coaching conversations with others. Lizette is grateful to work with ICF North Texas and lend her strategic skills to enrich chapter communications and serve our ICF-NT members. Please help us welcome our new Director of Communications!

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Member Snapshot - Michele Newhouse

As we continue showing you the breadth, depth, and variety of coaches affiliated with ICF North Texas, we are excited to feature someone who brings an internal coaching perspective, perhaps a bit surprisingly, through her role in a nearly 30-year-old wealth management firm. This snapshot highlights a growing trend that many organizations are coming to recognize the benefits from offering coaching more broadly. Also, that applying coaching and other development skills throughout the organization experience can help individual’s take greater ownership of their goals and have clarity and alignment with the organization’s vision. We are pleased to introduce you to Michelle Newhouse.

Title and organization. Michele Newhouse is the Communications & Education Specialist for Richard P. Slaughter Associates. Michele works with internal employees in sessions they call “Coaching and More.” She explains that depending on the needs of the person, the session might require performance coaching, executive coaching, mentoring, or training. She covers soft skills, leadership matters and project management, all driven by the needs of the employee—so her coaching skills are extremely valuable. “In a small firm, I wear many hats. In addition to coaching and talent development, I support talent acquisition, project management, and group training design and delivery.” Michele is key in a multifaceted approach to building a strong coaching culture. “I’m proud to say we are celebrating our 30th anniversary at Slaughter Associates, one of the nation’s first fee-only wealth management firms (https://www.slaughterinvest.com/). “I am blessed that my coworkers recognize what a difference this work makes for all of us and how it helps our organization stand out so positively among our peers!”

Journey to Coaching. Michele has a degree in Finance, which helps her work alongside wealth management associates, and she has years of experience running her own Associate Management Services company and serving as a career coach for a global talent management firm. Dedicated to continuous learning, Michele is always adding coaching best practices, mostly through ICF training, plus the Association of Talent Development, LinkedIn Learning, Harvard Business Review, and more.

Why coaching? “Because it brings me joy!” shared Michele. “I get to help others in a long-lasting impactful way. I get to work with individuals who have high emotional maturity and,” she added, “because I work with such intelligent people, I find it’s constantly an ‘iron sharpening iron’ experience. I get to grow along with them.”

Why ICF North Texas? Michele is here to learn best practices for effective coaching from like-minded members. More than anything, she was attracted to ICF North Texas because there is a LINC group especially for internal coaches. “We focus energy on how to coach our clients very well, and it is exactly what I need,” Michele shared.

Favorite client story. We require financial planners to attend sessions with me for a period of time as new employees and after that, they can choose to continue or opt out. I remember working with Amy, a highly respected, seasoned employee who was a star performer. Amy graciously welcomed me into her office for coaching, but she later openly laughed and admitted in a staff meeting, “I was definitely a doubter about this whole coaching thing.” Then she added with enthusiasm, “But, I’m a believer now!!” She was held in such high esteem by our staff, that her public praise with such a delightful laugh and emphasis on the word “believer” still makes me smile. That paved the way for many more believers to come.

Outside of work, Michele loves time with her husband Ron and son Matt.