Water is essential to club operations, and a reliable supply is often taken for granted by clubs and their members. According to the United States Golf Association, on average, 80 percent of maintained turf grass is irrigated in the United States—for most golf and country
AND WHAT’S THE NEED of having one? The budget-planning period is just around the corner and soon you’ll be building your next business plan. Effective compensation policies are derived from the strategic elements of your club’s overarching compensation philosophy. It is a key component of your
FOR MANY YEARS, the business staffing environment in the United States has been employee-based, but there is a growing shift to an independent contractor model. In fact, independent contractor engagement growth is nine times greater than employee growth. Today one-third of American workers are independent contractors
CANARIES IN A COAL MINE were the early-warning system that saved miners’ lives before technologies for detecting noxious gases came along. Just as careful miners took caged canaries underground with them, club directors are wise to protect the club by implementing early warning tools—or Key Performance
The quote “penny-wise and pound-foolish” is often credited to Philadelphian Benjamin Franklin, though Franklin never actually coined the phrase, (it was English Scholar Robert Burton). However Franklin did say, “Why should I give my readers bad lines of my own, when good ones of other
There are typically three priorities that command the attention of private club boards: (1) developing and using sound strategy; (2) ensuring the financial security of the club; and (3) governing the club responsibly. However, in these days of over-supplied markets and the ongoing regeneration of
WHEN A CLUB’S volunteer leadership is made up of individuals with extensive experience sitting on and leading corporate or nonprofit boards, general managers can be at a disadvantage in the boardroom. The relationship between manager and board is critical, but such disparate backgrounds can make it
It has often been said that private country clubs are run like nobody’s business because it’s nobody’s business—a reference to the fact that most club boards are made up solely of volunteers who spend a couple of hours each week checking in on their respective
IT’S A SIMPLE FACT—the more members use their club, the less likely they are to re- sign. With summer in full swing, now is the ideal time to showcase your club to every member of the family—a family that, with the fast pace of life