Management Development through Golf

How good a manager are you? If you had a 'management' handicap what would it be? Are you off scratch or are you forever hacking through the undergrowth?

I'm amazed at how many senior managers I meet who have never had any formal management training and they are amazed at how much they learn. Organizations still believe that the title of manager or director imbues individuals with special powers and abilities. They must have a telephone kiosk in reception where people twirl around and become highly effective operators.

"It's common sense!" are oft repeated words around the art of management. If that's true, then there are a lot of companies out there without any sense. I say to people that management isn't common sense, it's good sense.

For the golfers amongst us, if you were asked by a friend for some advice about taking up the game of golf you would, in all likelihood, suggest they take some lessons. Why? Because it's important that they understand and learn the absolute fundamentals upon which golfing success is based. It will speed up their development in the game, improving their scores and contributing greatly to their enjoyment.

For somebody going into management 'lessons' are rarely the suggestion and it is possible to go through a whole career without any formal input and never discover that there is a 'right way to hold a golf club'.

At Better Business Better Golf I have developed a management development program that takes fundamental principles of success and shows how they apply equally in management and golf. You can take the same principles and apply them to any discipline and they will improve results and impact.

Most managers are experts in their field. They are a vital source of knowledge and experience that business cannot do without. They are not experts in management just as most are not expert golfers. We all need input and guidance if we are to improve.

Are you the perfect manager or can you learn more? Want to be a 'scratch manager'?