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Hire Jim Wetrich for your next speaking engagement

James G. Wetrich, LFACHE is a best selling USA Today and WSJ author. He is the CEO of The Wetrich Group of Companies, through which he has consulted with over 100 companies in the past twenty years. He has been in the health care industry for forty years and has worked in senior positions at Abbott Laboratories and Mölnlycke Health Care. Jim has extensive international experience having responsibilities in Europe as well as Latin America.

Jim as a knack from boiling down his leadership lessons into relatable stories that connect with employees at all levels within an organization, and he has given speeches on business and leadership to a wide range of audiences.

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Speeches on business and leadership lessons

Jim Wetrich has led several large corporations to great successes. These achievements could not have happened without an even-handed leadership approach that gets the best out of each employee. These experiences make Jim the perfect speaker to discuss a wide-range of leadership topics for your next event. Speeches can be centered around the topics below or can be tailored to fit your audience. 

  • Focus on Failure: Learning from our failures is a critical skill in life and business. A system that coaches learning from mistakes empowers employees and boosts company morale.
  • Be Transparent: Clarity and transparency build trust and are critical elements to any thriving enterprise. Truly fostering this environment can prevent disengaged and cancerous employees from disrupting your culture.
  • Stop Workplace Bullying: How to prevent a loss in productivity, potential lawsuits, internal damage to an organization and a company's reputation
  • Adopt the Growth Mindset: Being open to change can lead to an avalanche of new thoughts and actitionsthat will change the trajectory of your life for the better.
  • Be Self Aware: Being aware of the perspective from which you operate as a leader and manager can help you see the big picture and improve communications with the whole team.
  • End Hypocritical Leadership: An open and honest culture where we understand that exceptions will be made for the betterment of the business is acceptable; hypocritical leadership is not.
  • Stop Micromanagement and Design by Committee: Effectively managing any process that can mutate into micromanaging or design by committee takes self-awareness, people skills, and excellent communication.
  • No Negative Management: Staying focusing on solutions and not problems creates a positive energy that builds momentum and avoids the ineffective fear-based management.
  • Master Meetings: How to examine your approach and turn meetings into a win-win, making them productive while removing your biggest stiflers that exist for a business.
  • Bureaucracy: How to working within the lines and build productivity while avoiding stifling bureaucracies that are out-of-date and full of redundant policies.
  • Performance Reviews: Traditional annual performance reviews are obsolete. Younger generations want to grow, learn, and develop in their careers, and that makes ongoing coaching a powerful tool.
  • Become a Servant Leader: Trusted employees - who've earned that trust - are inspired to be more trustworthy and they will flourish under this approach.
  • Workplace Politics: Dealing with workplace politics can be nasty and problemetic, but issues must be dealt with head on avoid bigger obstacles for your career or organization.
  • Training: Training is critical. The price of not properly training people is far more significant than the cost of the training. Employees are an investment and not an expense.

Events and appearances

Jim Wetrich is well-respected in the healthcare industry and has shared his wealth of knowledge on overall leadership and industry-specific solutions as a Keynote Speaker, Featured Speaker, Online Presenter, Guest Lecturer and Moderator. Below are some of the events his voice has helped to steer the conversation toward a better tomorrow.

  • Featured Speaker at University of North Texas Health Science Center on the lessons shared in STIFLED for students in the Masters of Health Administration program
  • Moderator for a panel discussion on The Business Case for Nursing, Invitational Symposium at Emory University Schools of Nursing and Business
  • Featured Speaker on Expert Diversity Panel for North American Leadership Summit for a global wound care manufacturer
  • Keynote Speaker on topic of Post Pandemic Leadership Pivots at International Forum on Advancements in Healthcare
  • Online Presenter for Golden Key Honor Society on The Power of Mentorship and How it Can Transform Your Career
  • Featured Speaker at the American College of Healthcare Executives Congress on Healthcare Leadership on the topic of The New Supply Chain Paradigm: C-Suite Strategies for Supply Chain Re-engineering
  • Guest Lecturer on Leading Team Course at the Goizueta Business School in 2014, 2016 and 2018
  • Featured Speaker at the National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives on the topic of Coming into Compliance in 2018
  • Featured Speaker at IDN Insights West Summit on topic of Leadership: Some Reflections
  • Featured Speaker at National Forum for Latio Healthcare Exceutives on topic of Preparing for a Career in Advancement and Leadership
  • Featured Speaker at TRSA Healthcare Conference on topic of Integrated Delivery Networks
  • Featured Speaker at Q1 Productions Conference for Medical Device Contracting and Strategic Accounts on topic of Building Future Capabilities & Redefining Sales Strategies for Future Business
  • Keynote Speaker at Q1 Productions Medical Device Group Purchasing on topic of The Changing Health Care Industry and Future Projects for Purchasing
  • Moderator on Health Care Panel for Emory University's Goizueta School of Business
  • Moderator on Panel on GPO Best Practices at the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association's International Expo
  • Moderator on Pharmacy Panel at Federation of American Hospitals Annual Meeting
  • Moderator on Medical Surgical Panel at Federation of American Hospitals Annual Meeting