The Clubhouse with Charley Bolack

Where does the drive to work this hard come from?

James Spann joins Charley Bolack on The Clubhouse for a conversation about finding your purpose, learning to work, and showing up for the people who need you.

James shares how his childhood shaped his work ethic, why encouraging children means so much to him, and what your calendar says about your priorities. We talk about handling pressure, pushing through hard seasons, and building something worth passing to the next generation.

We also get into weather, the responsibility of earning people’s trust, and James’s very honest assessment of his golf game. Some shots are easier to forecast than others.

Business. Golf. Life. A conversation about what keeps us going—and who we’re doing it for.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

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Swing Away Golf Club — The home of The Clubhouse. Come play, gather, and be part of what we’re building.

SWING AWAY IS GOING ALL IN FOR WELLNESS AND KIM IS THE COACH.

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The Clubhouse with Charley Bolack
A SwingTime Media Original
Business • Golf • Life

What changes when we stop fighting what’s already true?

Pam Huff joins Charley Bolack in The Clubhouse for “Acceptance Is Not Surrender”—a conversation about facing reality, making room for change, and choosing your next step.

You don’t have to like where you are to move forward. Sometimes, accepting it is what makes that next step possible.

Business. Golf. Life. Real conversations with something to carry into your own.

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Brenda Ladun joins Charley Bolack for a conversation about what progress has given us—and what it may have quietly taken away.

From local journalism and trust built over time to community, family, health, and life after television, Brenda reflects on the value of being known by the people you serve.

This isn’t an argument for going backward. It’s an honest look at what deserves to move forward with us: accuracy before speed, real human connection, and local voices that truly understand their communities.

Business • Golf • Life — from The Clubhouse, a SwingTime Media original.

How do you get from $100-billion data-center projects to putting data centers in outer space?

Easy—sit down with Elliott Vigil and Donald Charbonnet, hit record, and get out of the way.

In this episode of The Clubhouse, we went miles off script and covered:

• The staggering scale of today’s data-center construction
• The power, water, equipment, and labor required to support it
• Whether micro-nuclear power—and eventually outer space—could become part of the solution
• Why AI may threaten white-collar jobs before skilled trades
• The challenges of mergers and acquisitions for smaller companies
• Why consistent service beats occasional greatness
• Building culture, earning customer loyalty, and selling an experience instead of merely selling a product

We even turned the microscope on Swing Away and discussed whether I should stop selling golf—and start doing a better job of selling connection, competition, and time together.

This wasn’t the episode we planned. It may have been better.

🎙️ “Vigil, Charbonnet, & Bolack: Data Centers in Space?”

The Clubhouse with Charley Bolack
Business • Golf • Life

Produced by SwingTime Media at Swing Away Golf Club.

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We’re closing out Season 1 with a subscribers-only collection of the best stories, sharpest lessons and funniest moments from The Clubhouse.

Charley revisits the highlights from a season spent talking honestly about time management, stress, work, moving forward and the mistakes that teach us the most—plus plenty of golf, questionable decisions and real-life detours along the way.

Thank you to everyone who listened, shared and subscribed during our first season. This edition is for you.

The Clubhouse with Charley Bolack
Business • Golf • Life

Produced by SwingTime Media at Swing Away Golf Club.
Sponsored by Swing Away Golf Club and BBC, LLC.

EARLY DAYS ARCHIVE: This episode was recorded before The Clubhouse found its current sound and format. The gear and production are rougher, but the ideas are still worth the listen.

What happens when sales, operations, customers, and vendors all use the same words—but mean different things?

Charley digs into expectations, promises, lead times, and the gap between what gets sold and what can actually be delivered in the heavy-equipment business. He also gets into T-ball weather drama at home and why your golf bag may be lying to you.

It’s a rough-around-the-edges early Clubhouse conversation about defining the terms, communicating clearly, and making sure everyone understands the deal before a promise becomes a problem.

Business. Dad life. Golf.

The strongest guest moments from Season 1, together in one episode.

Charley revisits conversations with Elliott Vigil, Donald Charbonnet, and other voices from The Clubhouse. They cover AI and the changing sales profession, equipment rental, leadership, mergers and acquisitions, small-business cash flow, and the lessons that only come from years in the field.

This is the best of the guest chair: practical experience, honest disagreement, good stories, and business wisdom without the corporate polish.

The Clubhouse with Charley Bolack

Business • Dad life • Golf

ARCHIVE EDITION: Recorded before the current studio setup and remastered with cleaner audio and graphics.

How much structure do you need when the day refuses to follow the plan?

Charley revisits a sales day that blew up at a Tuscaloosa gas station—and somehow became one of his most productive days. From there, he breaks down planning by territory, building a repeatable cadence, making your calendar reflect your goals, and leaving enough flexibility for the chaos that business and family inevitably create.

You don’t rise to the level of your intentions; you fall to the level of your schedule.

This episode is about working smarter, protecting your time, and building a plan sturdy enough to survive the real world.

Business. Dad life. Golf.

ARCHIVE EDITION: One of the show’s best-performing early episodes, remastered with cleaner audio and graphics.

What happens when corporate growth targets stop reflecting the markets where people actually work?

Charley looks at the pressure created by fixed growth projections, bonus plans, and comparisons between branches operating in completely different local economies. When a capable employee outperforms the market but is still told he failed, the risk and stress are being redistributed downward while the rewards keep moving up.

This episode connects corporate incentives, small-business projections, cash flow, employee bargaining power, and the difference between a difficult market and poor performance.

The numbers matter. So does the reality behind them.

ARCHIVE EDITION: Recorded before the current studio setup and remastered with cleaner audio and graphics.

Your standards aren’t what you say they are. They’re what you allow, encourage, and reinforce.

Charley connects post-transaction follow-up in sales, deciding when parenting moves from guidance to consequences, and getting real value from a golf professional. He explains why closing the deal is the beginning of the relationship, how sales and operations protect each other when something goes wrong, and why consistent follow-through separates the best from the rest.

Standards become visible in what happens after the promise is made.

Business. Dad life. Golf.