The Summit Club Business Roundtable

Join us for an insightful dive into Adam Grant’s groundbreaking book “Give and Take” with our Business Book Club, Roundtable crew!

Bill, Cindy, Holly, and Matt unpack the surprising science behind success - turns out it’s not just what you know, but how you interact with others that makes all the difference.

Join our second session of the “roundtable” where we will continue to explore a wide range of timely business topics through the lens of our Peak Performance Plus/Summit Club “Mastergroup”, a small cadre of business professionals with varying backgrounds and experiences.

Insightful perspective will be shared on disruptive technologies like AI, generational workplace dynamics with Millennial and Gen-Z cohorts, “Mike Rowe” career choices, and navigating career inflection points, while always considering the timeless ingredients of success.

Today we explore the “multiverse” of business enterprises by launching a “roundtable” of top-performing Peak

Performance Plus/Summit Club clients to discuss their business, personal observations, and practical experiences.

Conversations touch on relevant topics such as AI, Team Building, On-Boarding, Talent Development, Business Dynamics, Marketing, Coaching, and more!

Welcome to Podcast #36, the second in our series Golf: A Game for Life. Today you’ll hear real world golfers of all levels of experience and skill answer my question “What does golf mean to you?”

Meet our roster of golfers that shared with all of us the ”lessons, advantages, experiences, and friendships” they discovered on the golf course.

Based on what’s going on in world today with the economic challenges and the various community issues, its more than a “full time job” some days just taking care of ourselves and our families. So, where does that leave those folks and organizations that need help and what role can business play? The subject of “charity” has come up around “the business roundtable” here at Summit Club, so we thought we’d reach out and get some answers.

We delved into the "dilemma" some time ago, when the media reported on the scandalous practice of wealthy parents doling out "fortunes" to secure their children's admission to prestigious schools, often through fraudulent means such as falsifying athletic credentials. Given the staggering amount of student debt that burdens many graduates – rivaling the gross national product of a small nation – we wondered if it was time to consider a different approach, one akin to that advocated by Mike Rowe: pursuing a skill-based career that offers a viable alternative to a traditional college education.

We believe golf truly is a game for life, no matter your age, physical condition, mental acuity or mobility. 6.2 million new or “lapsed” golfers discovered (or rediscovered) the game during the pandemic as a great outdoor sport with fresh air, social distancing (less skill producing more distance!) and the ability to socialize, build relationships, and have fun.

So, the saying goes something like “if we don’t understand history, we’re bound to repeat it”. Nobody wants to repeat these 18 months of covid19! What were the learnings? What did we do differently? What do we choose to embrace and carry forward and what do we never want to experience again, ever!

Here are two views of the “climb” from the “Summit” from two top sales leaders, Deena Roemer Herman and Robert Corcoran. Enjoy the time you spend listening to their conversations with Bill & John as you learn about ”Covid-Keepers” and new ways to establish your “value leadership”.

Wait a second! I’m supposed to be a Sales Leader, a Mom with two (2) small children, a working spouse, and work at home during a pandemic? You must be kidding!

Nope Holly, you had it right!

So, stay with us and listen to how this National Sales Director at the Business Journals made it through the last 18 months and maintained her sanity (ok, most of it!) and her ”success trajectory”. Her “View From the Summit” is a story you don’t want to miss from Holly Karasinski-Defanti!

Well, to start with, 3 million new golfers in 2020 according to the Wall Street Journal! It didn’t take long for the Covid-19 pandemic to get folks looking for some recreational outlet that provided “social distancing”….hmmm, skiing? Golf? Many chose “golf”.

Whether a golf enthusiast or a “Covid beginner”, let Bill and J.T. take you along as they interview a great local golf “guru” from Merion Golf Club, John Capers, about the in’s and out’s of playing golf, or what Mark Twain called “A Good Walk Spoiled”!!

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