The Governance Survey is conducted annually and is also used with individual clubs when we are preparing for board orientations, supplemented by the gathering of numerous supporting documents from the General Manager. Wherever possible, we also compare the survey responses with factual data to identify
During the last five years, we have been studying findings from the Club Benchmarking Governance Survey, a tool we use to evaluate board alignment and understanding of key issues. The research confirms our field-based observation that while most volunteer leaders are well intentioned, a large
During my interview for the general manager position at Florida Yacht Club (FYC) in May 2014, I had a brief meeting with Clubhouse Manager Billy Mayo. Knowing he had been with the club since 2004, I asked what he saw as FYC’s biggest challenge. His
Florida Yacht Club, our featured club in this issue, is a tremendous example of a club’s leaders embracing a zero-based approach to capital budgeting and taking the necessary steps to set their club on a path of continuous improvement. I was first introduced to the
In 1876, William B. Astor Jr., brought what was the largest private yacht in Florida to Jacksonville and established what is today one of the oldest oldest yacht clubs in the country. I certainly did not give that much thought when I joined the board
The Florida Yacht Club (FYC) in Jacksonville, Fla., was founded in 1876 by New York business- man William B. Astor Jr., with the purpose of promoting yachting and social enjoyment. Jacksonville—accessible by rail and water, site of grand hotels and known for its pleasant weather—was
On March 31, 2020, Club Benchmarking released a whitepaper titled “The Framework for a Strategic Response to the Coronavirus Crisis” which was intended to provide a data-driven framework that would help clubs navigate decisions in the face of the crisis The thesis presented was that
The Jim Collins book “Good to Great,” widely reviewed as one of the best business books of all time, was published in October 2001. In my technology days, I had the fortune of working closely with a person, who while studying for his MBA at
It’s a story we’ve all heard hundreds of times over the past year; “2020 started like any other year, and then COVID hit…” Where the story went after that depended on your situation. For The Landings Club, the year took many twists and turns. How
We all have those moments in our personal and professional lives. The ones that get frozen in time. For me, one of the most significant happened at the intersection of Green Island Road and Diamond Causeway on Skidaway Island, just outside of the main gates