Behind the Gates

Re-broadcast! Going all the way back to the beginning we bring you some of my favourite conversations from The Modern Club Management podcast.

Welcome to the beginning of season 3 of the Modern Club Management Podcast. We start season 3 with the return of Gregg Patterson, this time we are discussing how to handle 'the rude'.

If you're interested in learning about the different types of rude, how to handle/manage the rude, and how to help your team (and you) diffuse not only rude situations but also to see the funny side of it which is critical to our mental well-being when dealing with 'the rude'.

To read Gregg's article on this subject which defines all of the different types of rude, then simply click here.

Gregg is a favourite speaker within the club world and there's plenty of takeaways from this episode. Buckle up and get that notepad ready.

This episode is brought to you by Suada. Suada (https://www.suada.com/) is the social learning platform that delivers high-quality blended learning with human connection. Suada is on a mission to revolutionize the digital learning space through restoring the critical element of human engagement that has gotten lost in online learning. 

The technology provides everything organizations or individuals need on one single platform to achieve meaningful, long-term learning success. Suada has transformed my skills in optimal communication and influence. Using these skills has helped me attain multiple interviews and job offers at some of the best golf clubs in the world. But don't just take my word, and the 97% 5* reviews it has had on Trustpilot for it, try it yourself. All you have to do is email [email protected] and quote "The Modern Club Management Podcast" to claim your FREE enrolment on to the reciprocity course to start your journey to become a more influential and persuasive communicator.

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Re-broadcast! Going all the way back to the beginning we bring you some of my favourite conversations from The Modern Club Management podcast.

Today I am speaking with Emily Davidson. Emily is the Participation and Inclusion Manager at Golf New Zealand, an organisation she has worked for since 2017. Her biggest career highlight to date was Golf NZ winning the NZ Sport and Recreation Award for Leadership in Diversity and Sport for 2022. Not being a golfer herself when she joined Golf NZ, Emily was able to bring a fresh perspective and ask the crucial disrupter questions against the doctrine of 'this is just the way we do it in golf'.

This was a super interesting conversation which helped to broaden my thinking around some of the challenges facing different groups when it comes to golf. I had some great takeaways of simple things that can be done to improve the user friendliness of our website, clubhouse, and some longer time/bigger project ideas also. If you have any level of diversity within your membership then I recommend taking a listen.

Thoughts and reflections

• Beginners having to wear full golfing attire can be a big barrier to entry. Cost is an obvious one but also imposter syndrome being created of the "all the gear, no idea" mentality and being embarrassed dressing like a golfer but not being able to play.
• Etiquette can come later when it's needed. Don't start off with all of these rules. It doesn't come across as welcoming to the sport.
• What can we do to change the image perception of golf?
• Why is a shirt with a collar automatically smart and a shirt without one not?
• Tradition and history of the game isn't a good enough reason for current dress codes, why? Because if it was, men would still be wearing plus fours and women long floaty dresses!
• Don't assume everyone knows where they need to go or report to when they arrive. This starts with the website.

This episode is brought to you by Suada. Suada (https://www.suada.com/) is the social learning platform that delivers high-quality blended learning with human connection. Suada is on a mission to revolutionize the digital learning space through restoring the critical element of human engagement that has gotten lost in online learning. 

The technology provides everything organizations or individuals need on one single platform to achieve meaningful, long-term learning success. Suada has transformed my skills in optimal communication and influence. Using these skills has helped me attain multiple interviews and job offers at some of the best golf clubs in the world. But don't just take my word, and the 97% 5* reviews it has had on Trustpilot for it, try it yourself. All you have to do is email [email protected] and quote "The Modern Club Management Podcast" to claim your FREE enrolment on to the reciprocity course to start your journey to become a more influential and persuasive communicator.

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Re-broadcast! Going all the way back to the beginning we bring you some of my favourite conversations from The Modern Club Management podcast. Watch out for some new episodes coming soon.

In today's episode I speak with Monique Landman, the Chief Empathy Officer and Co-founder of Unchain. After a successful corporate career in strategy and communications, Monique found her heart eight years ago and a new calling in life to bring empathetic leadership to the world so that people can lead with more humanity. It has never been more important than now to have empathy and compassion as a leader. With the anxiety and uncertainty of Covid, burnout among employees, and a loneliness epidemic in many countries now is the time to stand up as a leader and face these tough situations with compassion and an understanding of how to do so.

After tuning in to a CMAE Friday Forum with Monique I was immediately interested in having her as a guest. And one of the questions by a club manager at the end in particular made me think this is an important conversation to have. How do we deal with emotion, burnout, anxiety in the work place? How should leaders approach this with their staff? Is there a wrong and right way? If you care about your team and want help with these tough conversations then take a listen.

I loved having this conversation with Monique and I hope you enjoy it also and have some actionable tools to use next time you find a colleague, or friend, who's having a rough time.

Edith Eger "There is no hierarchy of pain"

Recommended resources

https://optionb.org/

https://brenebrown.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/feel-better-live-more-with-dr-rangan-chatterjee/id1333552422?i=1000504023853

Check out Waking Up—a new operating system for your mind. Here’s a free month (no credit card required):

https://dynamic.wakingup.com/shareOpenAccess/dc9542

This episode is brought to you by Suada. Suada is the social learning platform that delivers high-quality blended learning with human connection. Suada is on a mission to revolutionize the digital learning space through restoring the critical element of human engagement that has gotten lost in online learning. 

The technology provides everything organizations or individuals need on one single platform to achieve meaningful, long-term learning success. Suada has transformed my skills in optimal communication and influence. Using these skills helped me attain a job offer as the Director of Golf at a Golf Digest Top 100 in the world ranked course. But don't just take my word, and the 97% 5* reviews it has had on Trustpilot for it, try it yourself. All you have to do is email [email protected] and quote "The Modern Club Management Podcast" to claim your FREE enrolment on to the reciprocity course to start your journey to become a more influential and persuasive communicator.

If you enjoy listening then please join your peers by subscribing through your favourite podcast listening app and leave a review to help others with similar interests find this show more easily.

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Re-broadcast! Going all the way back to the beginning we bring you some of my favourite conversations from The Modern Club Management podcast. Watch out for some new episodes coming soon.

Today I am excited to be joined by global luxury hospitality leader Etienne Haro (LinkedIn). Etienne is the Hotel Manager of La Mamounia in Marrakesh. Prior to this Etienne’s roles have been across a who’s who of luxury hotel brands. He was the Executive Assistant Manager at the world famous Burj Al Arab, Director of Food & Beverage at Fairmont Hotels in Dubai and Kiev, for Hyatt in their Asia Pacific Divisional Office. These roles followed six years in Dubai leading the food and beverage operation at a number of InterContinental Hotels. And while doing all this Etienne has even found time to complete an MBA from the prestigious EHL Hospitality Business School.   

Etienne talks about what made him switch from a planned career in ... to hospitality, what drew him to a life of service in hospitality and puts a smile on his face. We discuss talent equity and balancing the workload across all employees; not overloading your superstars. Etienne describes the importance of alignment with your operation, the power and importance of storytelling, taking control over all the facets that deliver on amazing guest experiences, and the non-obvious things he would look at in a F&B operation to move the level up, plus much more. This was one of my favourite conversations and one that I personally took copious amounts of notes on after re-listening a few times!

Quotes in the episode

Maya Angelou: "Do the best you can until you know better. When you know better, do better."

Shakespeare's The Tempest: "There be some sports are painful, and their labour, delight in them sets off."

Marcus Aurelius: "What stands in the way. Becomes the way."

Please enjoy this conversation.

This episode is brought to you by Suada. Suada is the social learning platform that delivers high-quality blended learning with human connection. Suada has transformed my skills in optimal communication and influence. But don't just take my word, and the 97% 5* reviews it has had on Trustpilot for it, try it yourself. All you have to do is email [email protected] and quote "The Modern Club Management Podcast" to claim your FREE enrolment on to the reciprocity course to start your journey to become a more influential and persuasive communicator.

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Re-broadcast! Going all the way back to the beginning we bring you some of my favourite conversations from The Modern Club Management podcast. Watch out for some new episodes coming soon.

Richard Pennell (LinkedIn) is currently the Membership Secretary at West Byfleet Golf Club and is the author of the “Stymied” blog on Substack - a project he embarked on in order “to put golf back where it belongs - a priority in my life”.

Prior to this Richard was the General Manager of Woking Golf Club for five years, following stints as the Deputy at both Royal Wimbledon and New Zealand. He is also a former greenkeeper, a golf architecture enthusiast, and an 11 handicap golfer.

In today's conversation we discuss how stoic philosophy and meditation can make you a; less reactive, more self-aware, and curious; person and manager. We discuss the common misconceptions around these two areas and how they've benefitted ourselves personally and professionally. If you would like to find out how spending only 10 minutes per day can improve your life then take a listen and find out!

Selected links and mentions from this episode:

30 day free access to "Waking Up app"

Ryan Holiday books

The Daily Stoic

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Tao of Seneca Vol 1-3 (free download)

10% Happier by Dan Harris

David Foster-Wallace: This is Water

Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield

William Stockdale - Jim Collins (The Stockdale Paradox)

Sweeping Changes by Gary Thorp

Buddhism: Plain and Simple by Steve Hagen

Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg

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Re-broadcast! Going all the way back to the beginning we bring you some of my favourite conversations from The Modern Club Management podcast. Watch out for some new episodes coming soon.

David Thomson - Positive mental attitude | Framing | Questions are the Answers | Influence

David is the CEO and founder of Suada.com, which is a social learning platform that blends online learning with the critical element of human engagement. David has built and sold a number of highly successful businesses in various fields within the financial sector. A passion for sales has taken David all over the globe and as a lifelong learner he trained under the godfather of persuasion and influence; Dr Robert Cialdini, who quite literally wrote the book on the subject; to deepen his understanding of this critical subject, which we will dive in to today and learn how we can benefit from an understanding of this field.

Do you wish you could be more successful influencing your board to move in the direction you want? Need to make more sales to hit budget? Then this is the episode for you!

This episode is brought to you by Suada! Suada is the social learning platform that delivers high-quality blended learning with human connection. Suada is on a mission to revolutionize the digital learning space through restoring the critical element of human engagement that has gotten lost in online learning. 

Using these skills helped me attain a job offer as the Director of Golf at a Golf Digest Top 100 in the world ranked course. But don't just take my word, and the 97% 5* reviews it has had on Trustpilot for it, try it yourself. All you have to do is email [email protected] and quote "The Modern Club Management Podcast" to claim your FREE enrolment on to the reciprocity course to start your journey to become a more influential and persuasive communicator.

Selected links from the episode

Influence by Dr Robert Cialdini

The Success System That Never Fails by William Clement Stone

Jocko Willink

Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman

Benjamin Franklin

Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow by Daniel Kahneman

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Re-broadcast, season 1 episode 1! Going all the way back to the beginning as we bring you some of my favourite conversations from The Modern Club Management podcast. Watch out for some new episodes coming soon.

Gregg Patterson - generating the BIG Happy

Gregg is the President and founder of Tribal Magic; where he is an in-demand speaker around the globe. Prior to this, he was the General Manager for an incredible 34 years at The Beach Club in Santa Monica, California. He survived all that time and with a median staff tenure of an equally impressive 17 years! Which makes it safe to say that when it comes to the world of clubs, he knows a thing or two! His wide-ranging career has taken him from a gravedigger (yes, really) to Assistant GM of Bel-Air Country Club to GM of The Beach Club and now into one of the most sought-after speakers in the world.

In this episode we dive into Gregg's career; his love of stories and people; the power of curiosity and reflecting; and the main topic of the conversation...generating the BIG Happy for your staff.

Please enjoy!

Range: how generalists triumph in a specialised world by David Epstein

Gregg's Staff Happy Toolbox

This episode is brought to you by Suada. Suada is the social learning platform that delivers high-quality blended learning with human connection. Suada is on a mission to revolutionize the digital learning space through restoring the critical element of human engagement that has gotten lost in online learning. 

The technology provides everything organizations or individuals need on one single platform to achieve meaningful, long-term learning success. Suada has transformed my skills in optimal communication and influence. But don't just take my word, and the 97% 5* reviews it has had on Trustpilot for it, try it yourself. All you have to do is email [email protected] and quote "The Modern Club Management Podcast" to claim your FREE enrolment on to the reciprocity course to start your journey to become a more influential and persuasive communicator.

If you enjoy listening then please join your peers by subscribing through your favourite podcast listening app and leave a review to help others with similar interests find this show more easily.

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In this week's episode, I am excited to be joined by Dylan Lindstrom. Dylan is the General Manager of Royal Wellington Golf Club in New Zealand. After spending five years as Director of Golf, Dylan then moved into the GM role, which can be a challenge when moving from colleague to leader. Dylan has a great reputation as a thoughtful leader who can enact change when needed and leads by being the face of the club by spending time with members.

If you currently lead a club, or your goal is to, then this is well worth a listen. Dylan is a great leader and an all-around great person. I hope you enjoy this episode.

This episode is brought to you by Suada. Suada is a social learning platform that delivers high-quality blended learning with a human connection. Suada is on a mission to revolutionize the digital learning space by restoring the critical element of human engagement that has gotten lost in online learning. 

The technology provides everything organizations or individuals need on one single platform to achieve meaningful, long-term learning success. Suada has transformed my skills in optimal communication and influence. But don't just take my word, and the 97% 5* reviews it has had on Trustpilot for it, try it yourself. All you have to do is email [email protected] and quote "The Modern Club Management Podcast" to claim your FREE enrolment on the reciprocity course to start your journey to becoming a more influential and persuasive communicator.

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In this week's episode I am excited to be joined by Dr Brian Hemmings. Brian received his PhD in sport psychology in 1998 and has been working with elite level athletes, as well as executive coaching in a multitude of sports. In this conversation we discuss how we can create safe environments for people to flourish, the benefits and drawbacks of journaling, what is high performance, and much much more.

If you're interesting in performing to a higher level and being a better version of yourself, then this is a must listen. Enjoy.

Recommended resources

Mental Toughness for Golf by Dr Brian Hemmings

Sport, Psychology and Christianity: Welfare, Performance and Consultancy

https://www.golfmind.co.uk/

Golf Psychology: What You Can Expect and Why It Can Help You

https://www.golfpsychologycoaching.co.uk/about-us/

This episode is brought to you by Suada. Suada is the social learning platform that delivers high-quality blended learning with human connection. Suada is on a mission to revolutionize the digital learning space through restoring the critical element of human engagement that has gotten lost in online learning. 

The technology provides everything organizations or individuals need on one single platform to achieve meaningful, long-term learning success. Suada has transformed my skills in optimal communication and influence. Using these skills helped me attain a job offer as the Director of Golf at a Golf Digest Top 100 in the world ranked course. But don't just take my word, and the 97% 5* reviews it has had on Trustpilot for it, try it yourself. All you have to do is email [email protected] and quote "The Modern Club Management Podcast" to claim your FREE enrolment on to the reciprocity course to start your journey to become a more influential and persuasive communicator.

If you enjoy listening then please join your peers by subscribing through your favourite podcast listening app and leave a review to help others with similar interests find this show more easily.

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In today's episode I am rejoined by Monique Landman, the Chief Empathy Officer and Co-founder of Unchain. After a successful corporate career in strategy and communications, Monique found her heart eight years ago and a new calling in life to bring empathetic leadership to the world so that people can lead with more humanity. It has never been more important than now to have empathy and compassion as a leader.

In this episode we discuss amygdala hijacking, how to handle this in others and how to notice it in yourself. This may help you handle those difficult interactions with have. What or who is a cynic? Are they actually the most passionate supporters of your club? And how we get them on our side and channel their passion?

I took a lot from this conversation and gave me plenty to reflect in both myself and the interactions I have.

Recommended resources

Book: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-high-performance-podcast/id1500444735?i=1000527054404

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-with-steven-bartlett/id1291423644?i=1000564479428

This episode is brought to you by Suada. Suada is the social learning platform that delivers high-quality blended learning with human connection. Suada is on a mission to revolutionize the digital learning space through restoring the critical element of human engagement that has gotten lost in online learning. 

The technology provides everything organizations or individuals need on one single platform to achieve meaningful, long-term learning success. Suada has transformed my skills in optimal communication and influence. Using these skills helped me attain a job offer as the Director of Golf at a Golf Digest Top 100 in the world ranked course. But don't just take my word, and the 97% 5* reviews it has had on Trustpilot for it, try it yourself. All you have to do is email [email protected] and quote "The Modern Club Management Podcast" to claim your FREE enrolment on to the reciprocity course to start your journey to become a more influential and persuasive communicator.

If you enjoy listening then please join your peers by subscribing through your favourite podcast listening app and leave a review to help others with similar interests find this show more easily.

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