Colorado PGA

Talking about sales training this week are Josh Pitchford, Partner and Coach at Sander Training in Atlanta, Ga., and co-host Andy Hilts, PGA, President of Hilts Golf. These two long-time friends banter and role play with each other about their experiences in the sales-training field, as well as share some great tips that make them two of the best in their field.

This week, the talk is all about leadership, leadership styles and leadership qualities. Michael Leemhuis, owner of Leemhuis Consult, LLC and Senior Career Consultant for the PGA of America, and Mike O'Donnell, PGA, Colorado PGA Board Member and Director of Family & Morale, Welfare & Recreation at Fort Carson, discuss why understanding your leadership style is critically important to your success as a leader. Our guests exhibit different but effective leadership styles. Leemhuis shares his "Participative style of leadership where he believes in bringing in leaders for discussion and a consensus building session." Whereas, O'Donnell is most comfortable with a leadership style that "establishes an environment of trust, respect and a positive attitude that inspires competence and drives success." Both agree that integrity is a key quality of a successful leader and it is just one of 12 identified in a study by Leemhuis.

This week, we talk with retired Navy Seal, star of the movie Act of Valor and a real hero, Rorke Denver. How can making an effective shot on a weapon system in the military be eerily identical to making an effective shot on the golf course? Simply put, Rorke believes success is a result of not having a memory that plays on the moment, or, as he puts it, "If you look at less, you will see more!"

The topic is financial literacy and money with two entertaining guests -- Matt Stewart, past PGA Professional who joined Northwestern Mutual as a wealth manager, and Ryan Harris, 10-year NFL veteran and member of the Denver Bronco's Superbowl 50 team. Co-hosts PGA Professionals Keith Soriano, PGA Career Consultant, and Holly Champion, Colorado PGA Player Development Director, explore the definition of financial literacy and how to set yourself up for success.

This week's guest is talking golf fitness. Kaitlyn Pimentel, Golf Digest Top 50 Golf Fitness Trainer, shares the need for client fitness accountability with co-hosts Bradford Skupaka, PGA, Director of Teaching Quality at GOLFTEC, and Holly Champion, PGA, Colorado PGA Player Development Director.

Nationally recognized sport psychologist and author of a number of industry leading publications, Dr. Rick Jensen, joins co-hosts Andy Hilts, PGA Master Professional of Instruction and President of Hilts Golf, and Patrick Salva, Colorado PGA COO and Assistant Executive Director, to talk about taking your golf coaching to the next level.

This week we were joined by Trevor Ragan from the Leaner Lab to talk about learning, what it is and how we can be better!

Chris McChesney is the co-author of the best-selling book in the world on strategy execution. He is the Global Practice Leader of Execution for Franklin Covey Co. and one of the primary developers of The 4 Disciplines of Execution. In our inaugural episode, Chris talks us through why Execution is extremely important. Whats the use of focusing on strategy if you can't implement your plan?