Your best people are going to want to learn more, become more proficient and seek out educational opportunities. And you have to let them.
In a PC World, The Enemy Is Us
How many times have we sat in a Board meeting, facing a tough issue, and rather than a common-sense solution, we weigh the decision based on vague PC considerations?
Good Ideas, Revisited
Committees should seek out problems, craft solutions, and then recommend their ideas to the Board for action—nothing more. We know all of you read Club & Resort Business cover to cover, but just in case you missed any issues, I thought I’d restate some of the best ideas I’ve seen in the last year. Club…
A Conversation with Mike Keiser
The owner of Bandon Dunes fully endorses the notion of shorter courses, and has many other things to say about how to generate more interest in golf, and more rounds. I had a talk with Mike Keiser today that was quite revealing. For those of you who don’t know who Mike is, he is the…
Having Fun
I realized why I had so much fun: The rules and boundaries were being adjusted so I could be competitive. At the end of May, I played in the Kemper Sports event at the Glen Club in Glenview, Ill. It’s one of the clubs Kemper owns or manages, and everything about it was done…
Tier 4 is Just Around the Corner… Are You Ready?
We have no choice when it comes to Tier 4 compliance. This is something we have to do, and the better we plan for it, the better off we will be. The next time a “climate change” acolyte starts spouting off his or her religious beliefs (and it IS a religion, just a secular one),…
It’s Planning Time
As an industry, we have learned to live within ourselves… and make our clubs more and more attractive to existing and future members.
Suppose We Ran Our Clubs and Facilities the Way the Government Is Trying to Run the Country.
In my fictional club… the Board (Congress) is in the habit of giving members whatever they want, to avoid unpleasant annual meetings (elections).
A Time for Kids
Plans are great and ideas are necessary, but it is time we move aggressively into the execution phase.
Delicate Fingers
No matter the size of the chef, whether he or she had football-sized hands or a brain surgeon‘s fingers, they treated the food with a deliberateness and delicacy that impressed me.
The “Dismal Science”—and How It Will Affect Us and Our Market
We have weathered the worst recession since 1981-82, and we are better and stronger for it.
What’s a QR code?
This is my last (for a while) editorial on technology, lifestyle, and my conversion to the realities of the digital age and the preferences of the younger population that we as an industry need to attract. The barcode shown above is something called a “QR Code” (QR stands for Quick Response). It allows you to…
I Was/Am Wrong!
If we are to be successful in marking to those in the next generation, we had better recognize them for the way they are, rather than the way we want them to be.
While the Mediums Have Changed, Content is Still King
There are more delivery options than ever before and with those options, you get to choose.
Another Call To Silence All Phones (and PDAs)
Golf gives its players an opportunity to get exercise and take a break from our cares and concerns-let’s not ruin this by bringing the office to the course.