I recently spoke to 110 members of the Golf Association of Philadelphia on the subject of Social Media-How Private Golf Clubs Should Use It. I was exciting to learn the GAP is looking towards the future of the golf industry and searching for ways to deal with the change facing golf today. Hopefully, what …
(This issue keeps coming up around the country so I thought a recap of the blog written July 2011 would be appropriate) At a dinner gathering last evening a few of women golfing members of a private country club reported on the latest policy changes made to their club’s summertime tee times. The …
This maybe the shortest blog I have ever written. Getting to the point, taking action quickly and then taking the time to review the process used to obtain success are primarily how business coaches can help business owners and executives. Here are a few more ways Business Coaches help you: …
One of the biggest challenges facing private country clubs today is Member Recruiting and Retention. The private club culture, the economy, the fast moving society and the need for individuality has changed the game the country clubs have to play to draw in new members and to keep the members they have. This game …
It is always distressing for me to hear about any business filing for bankruptcy. The normal reaction is to assume the business failed because it could not make money when in some cases the business plan was actually good, just too much cost or too high salaries (or in a growing number of cases, too much …
I am not sure if during the creation of a private country club the owners think about the time that will come when the clubhouse would need to be rebuilt. If they are not, maybe they should. Even a commercial building or residence has to be torn down and rebuilt eventually, why would someone feel […]
In the case of where a business is ‘strapped for cash’ logic would dictate if there is found to be too much of something for sale it would be good to discount the price and move it on. Would this logic persist with private club’s selling open tee-times? Predictably, many of the …
It seems the trend today in Business Networking is leaning towards premium memberships. I agree with the adage, you get what you pay for and in most cases where there is no charge to attend a gathering of business people you usually get what you pay for as far as business connections are concerned. This […]
OK, before all you under forty year old Young Executive Professional Entrepreneurial Business people all get up in arms over this issue,let me state the point here first and then let the debate begin. Does offering a membership program that takes away from a club’s budget make sense? Many private country clubs …
Sitting tight would be the wise thing to do, but if the infrastructure of a country club is costing more a month to repair than the monthly interest on a capital improvement note then maybe sitting tight is not the right answer.
Increasing revenue is the optimum option which would usually mean raising membership fees or bring in new members. The thinking that these two options are the only ways to raise revenue is where most governing boards and owners of country clubs begin to limit themselves.
