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GBN University Podcast

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Discover the path to success in the golf industry with the GBN University podcast. Hosted by Col. Spencer Clouatre, PhD, this educational series delves into leadership, finance, merchandising, and more. Join us on the journey to greatness. Subscribe now for expert insights and strategies.

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Feedback and Forward Thinking with Scott Paris | Episode 1006

April 08, 2024 15:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MB

In this episode, Col (R) Spencer Clouatre, PhD talks with Chief Operating Officer and Director of Golf at Plainfield Country Club, Scott Paris. This episode touches on the importance of hospitality and culture, measuring feedback from members, the significance of recon and intelligence in decision-making, and the value of creating an environment where employees feel comfortable sharing ideas. Scott talks through the unique career opportunities available in the golf industry for younger indiv...

S10 EP05: Becoming Great | Col (R) Spencer Clouatre and Jason Prendergast

March 14, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MB

In this episode of "Getting Better Now," Col (R) Spencer Clouatre engages in a dynamic conversation with Jason Prendergast about the journey of being dream driven and supporting others in achieving their aspirations. Jason shares his personal experiences and insights, guiding listeners through the multifaceted process of chasing a dream with numerous goals and milestones. Drawing from his own career path, Jason illuminates the challenges and triumphs encountered along the way, offering pract...

S10 EP04: Becoming a Leader | Col (R) Spencer Clouatre and Tom Wildenhaus

February 15, 2024 15:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MB

In this episode of “Getting Better Now” Col (R) Spencer Clouatre sits down with Tom Wildenhaus to discuss effective leadership in the golf industry. Drawing from personal experience and offering insights aimed at helping listeners understand the core principles of leadership. Tom emphasizes the importance of fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement within the industry. He provides actionable advice and lessons learned from his 40-year career sharing valuable guidance to a...

S10 EP03: Brain Biology and Buy-In (2 of 2) | COL (R) Spencer Clouatre, PhD with CW Canfield, PGA

January 05, 2024 19:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MB

How do you gain buy-in when managing a large, organization-wide change? In this compelling continuation of the interview with CW Canfield from S10 EP02, Spencer talks about the mechanisms of appealing to logic and data, as well as being a leader who inspires your team to follow, even when the path is uncharted, rocky, or takes an unexpected turn. Great leaders apply the key mechanisms of psychology and rely on their team to make informed, sound decisions. Keep listening on for more practical...

S10 EP03: Brain Biology and Buy-In (2 of 2) | COL Spencer Clouatre, PhD with CW Canfield, PGA

January 05, 2024 19:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MB

How do you gain buy-in when managing a large, organization-wide change? In this compelling continuation of the interview with CW Canfield from S10 EP02, Spencer talks about the mechanisms of appealing to logic and data, as well as being a leader who inspires your team to follow, even when the path is uncharted, rocky, or takes an unexpected turn. Great leaders apply the key mechanisms of psychology and rely on their team to make informed, sound decisions. Keep listening on for more practical...

S10 EP02: Teamwork & Trust (1 of 2) | COL Spencer Clouatre, PhD with CW Canfield, PGA

October 27, 2023 18:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

When change is on the horizon, what helps you weather the hurricanes and unexpected hurdles that sometimes cross your path? In this episode, Spencer and CW, both West Point graduates, cover the key elements that motivate staff to optimize scarce resources and navigate uncertainty with sound decision-making. What role does empathy and cooperation play in executing the master plan? Check back soon for the second portion of this compelling discussion. GBN is the leading private network for tod...

S10 EP01: Hooked on a Feeling | COL Spencer Clouatre, PhD with Phil Owenby, PGA

September 18, 2023 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

How do hospitality, golf, and leadership intersect? In this episode, Spencer and Phil Owenby discuss the nuances of creating a memorable customer experience that keeps people coming back time and time again, while remaining engaged with every member of your staff and making the most of the scarce resources we sometimes all face.  GBN is the leading private network for today's most successful PGA Professionals. Exclusive events at premier facilities, vendor partnerships to grow your busine...

S9 EP01: The Learning Leader | Ryan Hawk

October 24, 2022 13:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MB

GBN University has launched the Leadership Accelerator program, the only leadership program developed by Golf Professionals FOR Golf Professionals.  Registration is open to any PGA Professional or Associate but space is limited!  Go to https://golfbusinessnetwork.com/gbnu/leadership-accelerator/ for more info and to grab your spot! Ryan Hawk is the host of The Learning Leader podcast, one of the most popular leadership shows in the world, and is now a best-selling author of two books, “Welc...

S8 EP 06: A Masterclass in "How Leaders Lead" | David Novak

September 13, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MB

Are you looking to hire team members on your golf staff?  GBN's Recruiting Services make hiring easier with our best in class network of Golf Professionals that helps you reach deep into the market to locate your next staff member. Go to www.golfbusinessnetwork.com/recruiting to get started and get ahead of the competition. If you’ve been listening for a while, you’ve come to understand how important I believe leadership is to being a successful PGA Professional.  In these times of low ret...

S8 EP 05: "Leadership and LIV" | Seth Waugh, CEO PGA of America, Part Two

August 29, 2022 17:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MB

Are you looking to hire team members on your golf staff?  GBN's Recruiting Services make hiring easier with our best in class network of Golf Professionals that helps you reach deep into the market to locate your next staff member. Go to www.golfbusinessnetwork.com/recruiting to get started and get ahead of the competition. Welcome back for part two of my conversation with Seth Waugh, the CEO of the PGA of America.  In part one we focused on a critically important topic for Golf Profession...

S8 EP05: "Leadership and LIV" | Seth Waugh, CEO PGA of America, Part Two

August 29, 2022 17:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MB

Are you looking to hire team members on your golf staff?  GBN's Recruiting Services make hiring easier with our best in class network of Golf Professionals that helps you reach deep into the market to locate your next staff member. Go to www.golfbusinessnetwork.com/recruiting to get started and get ahead of the competition. Welcome back for part two of my conversation with Seth Waugh, the CEO of the PGA of America.  In part one we focused on a critically important topic for Golf Profession...

S8 EP 04: "Owning" the Problem...and the Solution | Jay Karen, CEO, NGCOA

August 15, 2022 18:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MB

Are you looking to hire team members on your golf staff?  GBN's Recruiting Services make hiring easier with our best in class network of Golf Professionals that helps you reach deep into the market to locate your next staff member. Go to www.golfbusinessnetwork.com/recruiting to get started and get ahead of the competition. In this season of Getting Better Now, we’ve talked a lot about the state of the golf industry.  We heard from the Golf Professionals when we highlighted “The Club Pro C...

S8 EP 004: "Owning" the Problem...and the Solution | Jay Karen, CEO, NGCOA

August 15, 2022 18:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MB

Are you looking to hire team members on your golf staff?  GBN's Recruiting Services make hiring easier with our best in class network of Golf Professionals that helps you reach deep into the market to locate your next staff member. Go to www.golfbusinessnetwork.com/recruiting to get started and get ahead of the competition. In this season of Getting Better Now, we’ve talked a lot about the state of the golf industry.  We heard from the Golf Professionals when we highlighted “The Club Pro C...

S8 EP03: Maximizing the Member Experience | Shep Hyken, Customer Service Expert

August 01, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MB

Are you looking to hire team members on your golf staff?  GBN's Recruiting Services make hiring easier with our best in class network of Golf Professionals that helps you reach deep into the market to locate your next staff member. Go to www.golfbusinessnetwork.com/recruiting to get started and get ahead of the competition. Most of you listening to this are working at golf clubs that are busier than they have been in a long, long time.  Maybe even busier than ever before.  Rounds of golf a...

S8 EP 03: Maximizing the Member Experience | Shep Hyken, Customer Service Expert

August 01, 2022 08:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MB

Are you looking to hire team members on your golf staff?  GBN's Recruiting Services make hiring easier with our best in class network of Golf Professionals that helps you reach deep into the market to locate your next staff member. Go to www.golfbusinessnetwork.com/recruiting to get started and get ahead of the competition. Most of you listening to this are working at golf clubs that are busier than they have been in a long, long time.  Maybe even busier than ever before.  Rounds of golf a...

S8 EP 02 | It's Supply and Demand | Seth Waugh, CEO PGA of America

July 11, 2022 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MB

Are you looking to hire team members on your golf staff?  GBN's Recruiting Services make hiring easier with our best in class network of Golf Professionals that helps you reach deep into the market to locate your next staff member. Go to www.golfbusinessnetwork.com/recruiting to get started and get ahead of the competition. Seth Waugh came to the PGA of America after a highly successful career on Wall Street and most recently as the CEO of Deutsche Bank Americas.  His love for golf and res...

S8 EP 02 | Supply and Demand | Seth Waugh, CEO PGA of America

July 11, 2022 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MB

Are you looking to hire team members on your golf staff?  GBN's Recruiting Services make hiring easier with our best in class network of Golf Professionals that helps you reach deep into the market to locate your next staff member. Go to www.golfbusinessnetwork.com/recruiting to get started and get ahead of the competition. Seth Waugh came to the PGA of America after a highly successful career on Wall Street and most recently as the CEO of Deutsche Bank Americas.  His love for golf and res...

S8 EP 01 | The Club Pro Crisis | Shane Ryan, Golf Digest

June 27, 2022 15:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

This episode is brought to you by GBN University.  GBNU is where today's PGA Professionals come to grow their skills, advance their careers, and increase their bottom lines.  Go to www.golfbusinessnetwork.com/gbnu for more info. Welcome to Season Eight of the Getting Better Now podcast! We kick things off with an important conversation about a topic you’re all too familiar with.  There probably isn’t anyone listening that didn’t either read or hear about the Golf Digest article “The Club P...

Change Your Role to Increase Your Income & Grow Your Bottom Line

April 04, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB

One thing we could probably all agree on is that traditionally the golf industry is pretty resistant to change.  Look at the way we staff our golf operations with a Head Professional and X number of Assistants.  That’s been the model for as long as anybody can remember.  Add to that the scope of the job for everyone on the staff from teaching some, running events, doing some merchandising, etc. It’s been the same for a long time.   As we know we’re either in or approaching a crisis in the g...

S7 EP 06: Change Your Role to Increase Your Income & Grow Your Bottom Line

April 04, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB

One thing we could probably all agree on is that traditionally the golf industry is pretty resistant to change.  Look at the way we staff our golf operations with a Head Professional and X number of Assistants.  That’s been the model for as long as anybody can remember.  Add to that the scope of the job for everyone on the staff from teaching some, running events, doing some merchandising, etc. It’s been the same for a long time.   As we know we’re either in or approaching a crisis in the g...

S2 EP6: Change Your Role to Increase Your Income & Grow Your Bottom Line

April 04, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB

One thing we could probably all agree on is that traditionally the golf industry is pretty resistant to change.  Look at the way we staff our golf operations with a Head Professional and X number of Assistants.  That’s been the model for as long as anybody can remember.  Add to that the scope of the job for everyone on the staff from teaching some, running events, doing some merchandising, etc. It’s been the same for a long time.   As we know we’re either in or approaching a crisis in the g...

S7 EP 05: Retaining Golfers...and Golf Professionals | Don Rea, PGA Secretary

March 21, 2022 09:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MB

It’s not often that we get to hear a conversation on the issues facing our industry directly from the leaders at the PGA of America.  In the summer of 2021 I had the opportunity to record a conversation with Don Rea, the current Secretary of the PGA, and feel this conversation was definitely worthy of releasing again.   This was a wide ranging discussion that covered the challenges of recruiting in our industry today as well as goal setting for your future, while profiling Don’s unique rise...

S2 EP5: Retaining Golfers...and Golf Professionals | Don Rea, PGA Secretary

March 21, 2022 09:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MB

It’s not often that we get to hear a conversation on the issues facing our industry directly from the leaders at the PGA of America.  In the summer of 2021 I had the opportunity to record a conversation with Don Rea, the current Secretary of the PGA, and feel this conversation was definitely worthy of releasing again.   This was a wide ranging discussion that covered the challenges of recruiting in our industry today as well as goal setting for your future, while profiling Don’s unique rise...

S7 EP 04: Your Five Choices | John Kennedy, PGA

March 07, 2022 17:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MB

For close to half a century as a PGA Professional, John Kennedy has supported, coached, and mentored people for a living.  Whether it was his team of Assistant Professionals and other staff at the famed West Chester Country Club where he spent 26 years as the Director of Golf , the students he loved to help on the lesson tee, or bringing the game of golf to military veterans, he’s used his role as a PGA Professional to enrich the lives of others by helping them improve in both golf and life....

Your Five Choices | John Kennedy, PGA

March 07, 2022 17:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MB

For close to half a century as a PGA Professional, John Kennedy has supported, coached, and mentored people for a living.  Whether it was his team of Assistant Professionals and other staff at the famed West Chester Country Club where he spent 26 years as the Director of Golf , the students he loved to help on the lesson tee, or bringing the game of golf to military veterans, he’s used his role as a PGA Professional to enrich the lives of others by helping them improve in both golf and life....

S2 EP 4: Your Five Choices | John Kennedy, PGA

March 07, 2022 17:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MB

For close to half a century as a PGA Professional, John Kennedy has supported, coached, and mentored people for a living.  Whether it was his team of Assistant Professionals and other staff at the famed West Chester Country Club where he spent 26 years as the Director of Golf , the students he loved to help on the lesson tee, or bringing the game of golf to military veterans, he’s used his role as a PGA Professional to enrich the lives of others by helping them improve in both golf and life....

S2 EP3: Recruiting Strategies for Today's Labor Market | Tyler Bloom

February 21, 2022 23:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MB

Whether it was managing golf course operations as a Superintendent or now heading his own consultant and search firm, Tyler Bloom has always been a problem solver.  After working at some of the top clubs in the country as an Assistant Superintendent, Tyler landed his own job as a Golf Course Superintendent and spearheaded some innovative ways to address the challenges of recruiting and retaining people to his team.   And now in the nearly two years since he left his position to start his ow...

S7 EP 03: Recruiting Strategies for Today's Labor Market | Tyler Bloom

February 21, 2022 23:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MB

Whether it was managing golf course operations as a Superintendent or now heading his own consultant and search firm, Tyler Bloom has always been a problem solver.  After working at some of the top clubs in the country as an Assistant Superintendent, Tyler landed his own job as a Golf Course Superintendent and spearheaded some innovative ways to address the challenges of recruiting and retaining people to his team.   And now in the nearly two years since he left his position to start his ow...

S2 EP2: Your Message, Your Story, Your Brand | Kraig Kann

February 07, 2022 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB

This episode is brought to you by GBN University, powered by Golf Business Network.  GBNU is where leading PGA Professionals come to improve their skills, build their careers, and increase their impact.  Go to www.golfbusinessnetwork.com/gbnuniversity for more info. The last time we heard from Kraig Kann on the Getting Better Now podcast, he was giving a keynote (or as he tells us he doesn’t do keynotes, he does experiences) at the Golf Business Network annual members meeting in late Janu...

Your Message, Your Story, Your Brand | Kraig Kann

February 07, 2022 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB

This episode is brought to you by GBN University, powered by Golf Business Network.  GBNU is where leading PGA Professionals come to improve their skills, build their careers, and increase their impact.  Go to www.golfbusinessnetwork.com/gbnuniversity for more info. The last time we heard from Kraig Kann on the Getting Better Now podcast, he was giving a keynote (or as he tells us he doesn’t do keynotes, he does experiences) at the Golf Business Network annual members meeting in late Janu...

S7 EP 02: Your Message, Your Story, Your Brand | Kraig Kann

February 07, 2022 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB

This episode is brought to you by GBN University, powered by Golf Business Network.  GBNU is where leading PGA Professionals come to improve their skills, build their careers, and increase their impact.  Go to www.golfbusinessnetwork.com/gbnuniversity for more info. The last time we heard from Kraig Kann on the Getting Better Now podcast, he was giving a keynote (or as he tells us he doesn’t do keynotes, he does experiences) at the Golf Business Network annual members meeting in late Janu...

S2 EP1: How to Create a World Class Experience | Dennis Satyshur, Caves Valley

January 24, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MB

This episode is brought to you by GBN University, powered by Golf Business Network.  GBNU is where leading PGA Professionals come to improve their skills, build their careers, and increase their impact.  Go to www.golfbusinessnetwork.com/gbnuniversity for more info.   Whenever you hear anyone talk about Caves Valley Golf Club, the first thing they’ll mention is the “experience”.  From the moment you arrive throughout your round and after, the emphasis is on creating a lasting memory that fe...

How to Create a World Class Experience | Dennis Satyshur, Caves Valley

January 24, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MB

This episode is brought to you by GBN University, powered by Golf Business Network.  GBNU is where leading PGA Professionals come to improve their skills, build their careers, and increase their impact.  Go to www.golfbusinessnetwork.com/gbnuniversity for more info.   Whenever you hear anyone talk about Caves Valley Golf Club, the first thing they’ll mention is the “experience”.  From the moment you arrive throughout your round and after, the emphasis is on creating a lasting memory that fe...

S7 EP 01: How to Create a World Class Experience | Dennis Satyshur, Caves Valley

January 24, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MB

This episode is brought to you by GBN University, powered by Golf Business Network.  GBNU is where leading PGA Professionals come to improve their skills, build their careers, and increase their impact.  Go to www.golfbusinessnetwork.com/gbnuniversity for more info.   Whenever you hear anyone talk about Caves Valley Golf Club, the first thing they’ll mention is the “experience”.  From the moment you arrive throughout your round and after, the emphasis is on creating a lasting memory that fe...

S6 EP 03: Your Opportunities in Crisis w/ John Eades, CEO LearnLoft

April 21, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MB

If you’re in a leadership role, there’s no doubt the spotlight has been shined on you to respond appropriately for all of the people that you impact.  How should a good leader respond? What if you’re not in a leadership role yet but are hoping to be in one someday soon?  Are there lessons you can learn from this crisis?  Where can you focus so that when it’s your turn to respond, you have the answers? Thanks to our guest, Leadership Expert John Eades, we get the answers to these questions ...

EP 032: Your Opportunities in Crisis w/ John Eades, CEO LearnLoft

April 21, 2020 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MB

If you’re in a leadership role, there’s no doubt the spotlight has been shined on you to respond appropriately for all of the people that you impact.  How should a good leader respond? What if you’re not in a leadership role yet but are hoping to be in one someday soon?  Are there lessons you can learn from this crisis?  Where can you focus so that when it’s your turn to respond, you have the answers? Thanks to our guest, Leadership Expert John Eades, we get the answers to these questions ...

EP 031: Successes, Failures & Finding Your Passion w/ The Golf Guru, Jason Sutton

March 23, 2020 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MB

In this episode we're joined by Jason Sutton, aka “The Golf Guru”, who is the Director of Instruction at Carmel Country Club in North Carolina and the host of the appropriately titled podcast, “The Golf Guru” show.  But long before Jason was putting out 90+ episodes of his show, he was building a following online and developing his own brand, which as we talk about, has paid major dividends.  He’s a personal development junkie and as we walk through his story, we find out how his commitment...

S6 EP 02: Successes, Failures & Finding Your Passion w/ The Golf Guru, Jason Sutton

March 23, 2020 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MB

In this episode we're joined by Jason Sutton, aka “The Golf Guru”, who is the Director of Instruction at Carmel Country Club in North Carolina and the host of the appropriately titled podcast, “The Golf Guru” show.  But long before Jason was putting out 90+ episodes of his show, he was building a following online and developing his own brand, which as we talk about, has paid major dividends.  He’s a personal development junkie and as we walk through his story, we find out how his commitment...

EP 030: “Stand Out When You Stand Up” w/ Kraig Kann

February 18, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB

What’s your story?  If someone asked you that, do you have an answer?  How are you making an impact in the position where you currently serve?  Are you confident that you’re truly making an impact?  What are you doing to stand out from the crowd, so that someone might tell another person about you?  Anything? Some of these may be difficult questions for you to answer.  I know I didn’t have a great answer to all of them.  For Kraig Kann, he’s on a mission to show others the importance of ans...

S6 EP 01: “Stand Out When You Stand Up” w/ Kraig Kann

February 18, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB

What’s your story?  If someone asked you that, do you have an answer?  How are you making an impact in the position where you currently serve?  Are you confident that you’re truly making an impact?  What are you doing to stand out from the crowd, so that someone might tell another person about you?  Anything? Some of these may be difficult questions for you to answer.  I know I didn’t have a great answer to all of them.  For Kraig Kann, he’s on a mission to show others the importance of ans...

S5 EP 06: Creating Impact by Creating Golfers w/ Ryan Dailey & Matt Reagan, Operation 36

January 07, 2020 05:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MB

As PGA Professionals, we’re in the business of “Growing the Game”.  It’s a phrase we hear ad nauseam in our business.  Grow the game at our facilities, in our Sections, and in our communities.  So in order to do our job of growing the game, we develop programs for our members and customers that consist of clinics, lesson packages, golf schools, junior programs, beginner programs, the list goes on and on.   However, we rarely ask the critical question.  In our efforts to “Grow the Game”, are...

EP 029: Creating Impact by Creating Golfers w/ Ryan Dailey & Matt Reagan, Operation 36

January 07, 2020 05:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MB

As PGA Professionals, we’re in the business of “Growing the Game”.  It’s a phrase we hear ad nauseam in our business.  Grow the game at our facilities, in our Sections, and in our communities.  So in order to do our job of growing the game, we develop programs for our members and customers that consist of clinics, lesson packages, golf schools, junior programs, beginner programs, the list goes on and on.   However, we rarely ask the critical question.  In our efforts to “Grow the Game”, are...

S5 EP 04: How to Get a $5,000 Raise (or more) in 2020 w/ Will Robins

December 10, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MB

If you’re a typical Golf Professional that takes on a number of different roles and responsibilities, even if you love to teach, finding time to fit in golf lessons can be a challenge.  Do you come in early? Stay late? Sacrifice time you set aside for other tasks and say yes to the lesson request? It’s a conundrum that we often fall into. And for a lot of Golf Professionals, the opportunity to teach provides one of the few chances to significantly increase their income.  So we squeeze in le...

EP 028: How to Get a $5,000 Raise (or more) in 2020 w/ Will Robins

December 10, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MB

If you’re a typical Golf Professional that takes on a number of different roles and responsibilities, even if you love to teach, finding time to fit in golf lessons can be a challenge.  Do you come in early? Stay late? Sacrifice time you set aside for other tasks and say yes to the lesson request? It’s a conundrum that we often fall into. And for a lot of Golf Professionals, the opportunity to teach provides one of the few chances to significantly increase their income.  So we squeeze in le...

S5 EP 03: Coaching, Motivating & Mentoring Through Self Awareness w/ Cameron Doan

November 05, 2019 14:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MB

It’s been said that you can’t grow personally or professionally without developing self awareness.  Knowing how you’re perceived by others, what your strengths and weaknesses are, how you handle stress, and how you impact those around you, are just some of the elements of self awareness, that can go a long way in helping all of us reach enjoy success at work, and also at home. For Cameron Doan, the Head Professional at Preston Trail in Dallas, this pursuit of developing self awareness for h...

EP 027: Coaching, Motivating & Mentoring Through Self Awareness w/ Cameron Doan

November 05, 2019 14:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MB

It’s been said that you can’t grow personally or professionally without developing self awareness.  Knowing how you’re perceived by others, what your strengths and weaknesses are, how you handle stress, and how you impact those around you, are just some of the elements of self awareness, that can go a long way in helping all of us reach enjoy success at work, and also at home. For Cameron Doan, the Head Professional at Preston Trail in Dallas, this pursuit of developing self awareness for h...

EP 026: An Inside Look at the Head Professional Interview Process w/ Patrick Seither

October 01, 2019 05:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MB

In this episode, we dig into the ins and outs of the Head Professional interview process. This discussion is going to be a great resource for any of you listening that are either planning on interviewing for a Head Professional position or if you will be helping to coach an aspiring Head Professional through the interview process.  We brought back Patrick Seither (Episode 001 & 003), the President and CEO of the Golf Business Network, to pick his brain about his experience running the Execut...

S5 EP 02: An Inside Look at the Head Professional Interview Process w/ Patrick Seither

October 01, 2019 05:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MB

In this episode, we dig into the ins and outs of the Head Professional interview process. This discussion is going to be a great resource for any of you listening that are either planning on interviewing for a Head Professional position or if you will be helping to coach an aspiring Head Professional through the interview process.  We brought back Patrick Seither (Episode 001 & 003), the President and CEO of the Golf Business Network, to pick his brain about his experience running the Execut...

S5 EP 01: Education, Employment, and the 5 Day Work Week w/ Suzy Whaley, PGA of America President

September 03, 2019 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MB

In Part II of our interview with the President of the PGA of America, Suzy Whaley discusses what’s going to help attract young people to our business and the PGA’s recruiting efforts, while addressing the need for manager’s today to evaluate the hours and days that they require from their staff during the season.  She continues with a discussion about the changes to the PGA education system and whether being able to select a specific career track will funnel too many young professionals towa...

EP 025: Education, Employment, and the 5 Day Work Week w/ Suzy Whaley, PGA of America President

September 03, 2019 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MB

In Part II of our interview with the President of the PGA of America, Suzy Whaley discusses what’s going to help attract young people to our business and the PGA’s recruiting efforts, while addressing the need for manager’s today to evaluate the hours and days that they require from their staff during the season.  She continues with a discussion about the changes to the PGA education system and whether being able to select a specific career track will funnel too many young professionals towa...