Great Volunteer Opportunity with ICF North Texas – Project Manager

Member Snapshot – CurVie Burton, ACC

CurVie Burton is a “Bridge Builder” - CurVie Burton is an executive coach, business consultant, and trusted advisor, partnering with individuals and teams helping them move from where they are to where they want to be. CurVie’s company, TheRoadB4U www.TheRoadB4U.com) is now in its seventh year. He integrates coaching, consulting and advisory Services in a unique and effective way for his clients. He is open to serving all who are willing to invest the time and do the work. Because of his background and who he is, many of his clients are leaders in technical arenas and/or men and women of color moving into leadership and executive roles.

Why Coaching? CurVie has a passion for people and his coaching started in his early career years at General Motors Corp (GM) and accelerated during his tenor with Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and Hewlett Packard (HP). “I was really good at projects and discovered you can’t be effective at projects without the people,” CurVie explains. “I moved from being in IT to consulting to business leadership in my corporate career, and all the while I was mentoring and coaching. That part just came natural to me.” CurVie says that he sees how his various leadership roles created a foundation for his true passion: to serve, assist and develop leaders. He says, “As I formalized my company, TheRoadB4U, about seven years ago, it quickly became clear that all of me and all of my experiences translate very well in how I support my clients’ evolution to what’s next for them.”

• Founding member and Past Chair of the Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF) (www.itsmfleaders.org/). ITSMF’s mission is to assist African American leaders move up and be successful in leadership roles in IT. After 26 years of service at ITSMF, CurVie is still active leading the Men’s Initiative for the organization. The focus of that initiative is to help men be better, working from the inside out.
• Mentor and Strategic Advisor to Menttium (www.menttium.com/) where the focus is on Women and People of Color. CurVie explains, “I have been mentoring individuals in collaboration with Menttium for over 23 years, and it gave me a great smile to speak with my very first mentee and learn that she has become a Senior Vice President in HR for a publicly traded company.” It was a humbling for him to hear that this very capable woman told him she still regarded her mentoring experience with him as the best she has ever had. What a great reminder of how we get to impact people, even years after we have crossed paths.
• Founding Board President of the newly formed Texas Coaches Coalition (TCC). TCC organizes and manages the annual All Texas Retreat and Conference, coordinating, harnessing, and delivering a broad range of learning and networking opportunities for coaches from around the state of Texas and beyond. TCC is committed to expanding and elevating coaches and the coaching profession so that we coaches and our clients know and receive great value from the practice and delivery of coaching services.
  

CurVie says that when he attended the very first All Texas Retreat in 2018, he entered a whole new world of coaching possibilities. He shares, “We had 61 coaches from all across Texas come together to immerse ourselves in learning, sharing, and relaxing with each other for two and a half days. That was such a rich experience for me”. He volunteered to be a part of the group to plan the next retreat, and that evolved into TCC, a strong governance and delivery model for Retreat sustainability. He is glad to have helped found the TCC. “As a leader in a broad organization like TCC, I am constantly reminded that being part of ICF North Texas provides a great advantage. We have an awesome chapter and no matter what lens you view it from—state, national or global—North Texas rocks. Over and over, we see how our chapter’s strength is making a difference.” Although the Retreat and TCC are separate from ICF, they both provide coaches a way to connect with coaches like nothing else.

Note: there is still room for this year’s retreat March 31-April 3 in New Braunfels. More here.

What else should we know about CurVie? “I really love hanging out with family!” In addition to five siblings, CurVie has three grown sons and gets to be “G-Diddy” to his five grandchildren (ages 11, 4 , 3, 3, 1). He shares, “I gladly trade my pen and notebook for a crayon or paint!" He added, "I also enjoy music—R&B, gospel, smooth jazz, and soul. I love to tap my foot, and I would really look forward to taking a 'stepping' dance class someday soon."


 

All Texas Retreat and Conference: March 31 – April 3