Leadership Golf

McHugh, a former executive with General Motors and Owens-Illinois, believes that golf is a perfect analogy for the corporate boardroom game. By transferring the strategies that work on the course to the office, chances are one will be able to stand out as a leader. The best golfers are passionate about the game and are willing to put in hours of practice. Similarly, according to the author, effective leaders are zealous in their convictions that their behavior will motivate and help others to succeed as well. The chapters - for each of 18-holes of a round of golf - feature leadership principles such as "Focus," "Courage," "Responsibility" and "Recognize Positive Results." Each chapter, offers numerous anecdotes about both golf and the business world. The book does not attempt to teach or train people to be leaders. The focus instead is to help you in your efforts to learn how to lead more effectively.

Help leaders explore some of the valuable lessons learned from the game of golf and how they can make the difference between winning and losing in business. The 18 lessons are presented against a backdrop of an 18-hole game of golf with many obstacles and potential hazards. Record your score on the scorecard provided after each hole by answering leadership questions. A final scorecard will summarize your overall performance.

A guidebook for developing your leadership and networking skills through golf Access to the game of golf opens doors to business opportunities for professional development and builds leadership skills. Unfortunately, this access has often been limited to those with club memberships or experience with the game—those privy to the rules, both spoken and unspoken. FairWays to Leadership teaches both advanced and novice golfers how to navigate a round of golf using six key leadership traits—curiosity, adaptability, empowerment, integrity, mindfulness, and strategy—at various leadership moments on the golf course. Readers learn how to play the game and how to develop leadership skills and expand business networks through the interaction that golf provides. Readers will be better equipped to advance their professional careers by practicing the strategies and techniques revealed in FairWays to Leadership. The book can also be used as a text in corporate leadership training and in diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

Do you love golf and want to improve your game and your leadership skills? Whether you are a beginner or an advanced player, a coach or a teacher, a student or a professional, this book will help you learn how to play and become a leader in golf. Golf is not only a game of skill, but also a game of influence. As a golf player, you have the opportunity and the responsibility to influence and inspire others through the game of golf. You can influence and inspire your coach, your partner, your teammates, your opponents, your fans, and your community. You can also influence and inspire yourself, by setting goals, overcoming challenges, and achieving success. But how do you become a golf leader? How do you develop the essential skills, styles, impact, and teamwork of golf leadership? How do you apply these concepts and principles to your own golf leadership journey? That's what this book is all about. In this book, you will learn: What is a golf leader and why it is important. How to develop the essential skills of golf leadership, such as communication, self-belief, problem-solving, and more. How to adopt the different styles of golf leadership, such as democratic, autocratic, transformational, and more. How to make an impact as a golf leader on and off the course, such as inspiring, motivating, empowering, challenging, supporting, and rewarding others. How to work well with others as a golf leader, such as building, maintaining, and improving your team's cohesion, collaboration, and performance. How to use the best practices and tools for enhancing your teamwork as a golf leader, such as team-building activities, team meetings, team feedback, team rewards, and more. By reading this book, you will benefit from: Improving your performance in golf and in life. Making a positive difference in the world through golf. Enjoying and appreciating the game of golf more. This book is based on the personal story and experience of the author as a golf leader. The author has been playing golf since he was six years old. He has competed in various tournaments at different levels. He has coached and mentored other players of different ages and abilities. He has also been involved in various golf organizations and initiatives that promote golf development and leadership. The author wants to share what he has learned with you. He wants to help you play and become a leader in golf. He wants to inspire you to pursue your goals and aspirations in golf. He wants to motivate you to make an impact through golf. If you are ready to take your game and your leadership to the next level, then this book is for you. Then start your journey as a sports golf leader today, with this book.

For the first time, a seasoned business executive and avid golfer combines these two passions to explore what makes for top performance in each field. Management consultant David K. Hurst explores compelling links relating the two activities to explain clearly what every manager who plays golf may feel only intuitively: that there is a deep systemic connection between them. For on the tee, as in the boardroom, a player can't just hit and hope -- he or she must continually think ahead, contemplate multiple scenarios, and consider the downside of every decision. And then everything depends on execution. In Learning from the Links, Hurst clarifies muddled thinking in both management and golf: he deals squarely with the challenge of implementing a game plan and seeing it through. Hurst takes to task the current "head-down" instructional model used to teach golf and management. He addresses the huge gulf between knowing what to do in a given situation and knowing how to do it. This chasm is an ever-present hazard both on the course and in an organization: it keeps people from solving their problems and achieving their goals. By examining golfers' and managers' struggles for improvement, Hurst shows us why complex systems are so hard to change and how to set about changing them -- systematically. Using the latest thinking from fields as diverse as neuroscience, artificial intelligence, art, and anthropology, Hurst's primary purpose is to help his readers make sense of their own experience -- to help them learn more effectively. His practical advice is profusely illustrated with examples from both golf and management, allowing the reader to move back and forth between his or her experiences in both activities. Part business management book, part strategy guide, these are more than just lessons for one's game or one's office: these are lessons for life.

Are you ready to step up your leadership game? Hole-In-One Leadership is the alignment of two intimately individual pursuits – being a great leader and accomplishing the best shot in golf. The leadership parallel lies in every opportunity, challenge and situation. On the golf course, the hole-in-one doesn't happen every time. In business, you won't always make the perfect leadership decision. Knowing that you're equipped with the skills to accomplish it, you will go forward to be a hole-in-one leader.

"Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives take many forms. One is to help members of underrepresented groups increase their opportunities for professional development, networking, finding mentors, and accessing opportunities such as those that occur on the golf course, where executives often "audition" potential new hires or identify high-potential candidates for advancement. It is not a level playing field. Golf is still a boys' club--a White boys' club. Dr. Eric Boyd is on a mission to promote golf literacy for the purpose of advancing social inclusion, diversity and equitable professional opportunities in the workplace. In this book he focuses on the importance of practicing on the course six key leadership traits that are woven through each chapter-Curiosity, Adaptability, Empowerment, Integrity, Mindfulness, Strategy. He teaches his students and his readers how to demonstrate their leadership skills, improve their networking abilities, and "close the deal" by ensuring a follow-up invitation"--