GGA and the CSCM Launch First of Two Research Initiatives

The Canadian Society of Club Managers (CSCM) and GGA have formed a strategic partnership to produce research and insight for the benefit of CSCM members and the club industry at […]

https://ggapartners.com/2018/12/gga-cscm-launch/ Effective Beginnings

A good friend says he starts his list of New Year’s resolutions with one word written across the top of a legal pad. The word is “effective,” which is a good choice because […]

https://ggapartners.com/2018/12/effective-beginnings/ Key Benchmarking Standards in the Golf Industry

How to Leverage the Information to Improve Operations Benchmarking standards are commonplace in most industries. These standards are set and updated based on defined and evolving […]

https://ggapartners.com/2018/11/golf-benchmarking-standards/ Budgeting 2019

Budgeting for 2019 requires a broader-than-usual alertness to changing times and impacts on golf-oriented businesses. Newfound elasticity on revenue sources, such as dues and fees, […]

https://ggapartners.com/2018/11/budgeting-2019/ Three Steps to Connect Marketing to Sales

In theory, sales and marketing should be two of the most integrated and connected aspects of your Club’s operation.  The reality, unfortunately, is that in some businesses they […]

https://ggapartners.com/2018/11/connect-marketing-sales/ The Revenue Menu

At a typical golf club, who should be involved in building revenue for the club? Building revenue is a part of everyone’s job at a club. If you are a leader, it’s important […]

https://ggapartners.com/2018/11/revenue-menu/ Polish Your Skills

Of all the career counseling advice given over the years, Abraham Lincoln probably nailed it when he said: “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” With one more […]

https://ggapartners.com/2018/10/polish-skills/ Strategic Intelligence at Work

Guest author – Lonnie Lister, General Manager, Portland Golf Club Lonnie Lister attended the University of Arizona for a degree in music education.  He worked on the wait staff […]

https://ggapartners.com/2018/10/strategic-intelligence-work/ Averting Surprises

On the west coast of Scotland, between the islands of Jura and Scarba, lurks a monstrous whirlpool so menacing that it even has its own name. Fed by a tidal surge that picks up […]

https://ggapartners.com/2018/10/avert-surprise/ Board Self-Assessment

Following board room performance standards now in use at most corporations, enables private club boards to improve their performance and the job satisfaction from their board […]

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