International Coach Federation to Honor Coaching Programs at Annual Event

Dallas — May 30

The North Texas Chapter of the International Coach Federation (ICF) will recognize DFW organizations that embrace coaching as an integral part of their leadership and business strategy at its 6th annual Prism Award event June 21 at the Hilton DFW Lakes Conference Center.

The event begins at 3 p.m. with an interactive panel of human resource executives from the nominated Organizations: Lisa Reynolds, system director of organizational effectiveness at CHRISTUS Health; Doug Henderson, vice president, learning and organization effectiveness at ACS, a Xerox Company; and Bill Behrendt, vice president for human resources at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.

A cocktail reception, dinner and awards will follow. Colleen Barrett, president emeritus of Southwest Airlines, is the keynote speaker for the awards dinner.

Colleen will discuss how Herb Kelleher, her servant leader boss of 40-plus years, mentored and coached her, which enabled her to lead and develop Southwest's 35,000 Employees.

The event’s sponsors are: UT Dallas School of Management, iPEC Excellence in Coach Training and Multi Health Systems.

Previous Prism award winners include: McKesson Corp., Lewisville Independent School District, Raytheon, EDS, IBM Americas, University of Texas, Dallas, Jindal School of Management and Oracle.

Source: International Coach Federation of North Texas