2020 Excellence In Club Management® Awards Broadcast!
VIDEO: Watch as we reveal the 2020 winners through a special, live “Academy Awards”-style virtual celebration. Congratulations to all the recipients!
Read MoreEnhancing Club Value and Success by Wisely Investing in the Right Club Facilities!
Over the last ten years, we have seen an explosion in reinvestment in club facilities. And the results have been growing memberships, much higher club satisfaction and a more comprehensive approach to planning, maintaining and adding club facilities.
Read MoreYear-Round Club Opportunities – The Holy Grail for Country Club Success
In country club after country club and even for golf clubs, the next generation of members want more than a seasonal club offering. Clubs have an entire staff they pay all year, so the fixed costs of offering more than the outdoor, seasonal offerings of golf, tennis and swimming can be reasonably expanded with very little additional cost.
Read MoreHave you Taken the Temperature of Your Members Lately?
Navigating the pandemic and adapting to its ever-changing horizon, has certainly been difficult. But those who will prevail are those who continue to rise to the challenge, listen to their members and provide quality, consistency, and value.
Read MoreGetting Members out of Their House and to the Club Will be the Newest Form of Competition Facing Your Club and the Broader Industry
Life is no longer segmented into the neat parcels it once was. Rather than serving as a destination where members go to get away from the world, the clubhouse of the future should be an oasis where members go any time of the day or week to socialize, dine, play and recreate.
Read MoreFinancial Modeling for Future Club Facilities
Determining future facility funding programs without having a sense of a club’s strategic direction is the most challenging aspect of long range planning. A club leadership must be able to crystal ball the need for the future facilities and where to get the funding sources to achieve them.
Read MoreLaunch, Learn and Adjust
“We want to provide our guests a safe haven, a place that has a sense of normalcy, where everyone can walk away with a smile on their face,” Mr. MacPhee explained of the reopening.
Read MoreMixed Signals: Recent Economic Reports Point to Opportunities and Challenges for Clubs.
Much like the ever-changing and oft-times conflicting information we have been getting about the coronavirus, economic reports are also all over the place.
Read MoreThe Town Club Story
A club which embraced the Covid challenge with a total remake to make changes. The Milwaukee neighborhood club was facing a membership struggle, deteriorating facilities, lack of funds for both operations and even small capital projects.
Read MoreMentoring – A Job For Life
There is not a single club manager out there that would not benefit from a mentor at some point in their career. But, one size does not fit all. As I researched mentoring, I have come to the conclusion that there are anywhere from 3 to 9 types of mentors . I have settled on 5 types of mentors, best described by Anthony Tjan in his book Good People:
Read MoreClub Leadership Alliance
Creating Relevant, Enduring Clubs Kopplin Kuebler & Wallace, McMahon Group and Club Benchmarking, three of the most highly respected firms serving private clubs, have established the Club Leadership Alliance™. After more than ten years of working together independently, the firms felt it was essential to work more closely in order to more effectively serve clubs in all their operational, financial,…
Read MoreFavorite – And Safe – Place Dining
The covid-19 pandemic layers on another challenge for clubs, but it also presents a tremendous opportunity. Clubs could be one of the first places members are willing to go when economies open – provided they are both safe and favored. This will require well-defined and rigorously enforced safety protocols along with reinvention.
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