the golf course and the game

... your leadership game Just like the game of golf! Remember, in both the game of golf and the game of leadership, you must play your own ball If you don’t, you aren’t golfing, and you certainly ... example, assume there were 300 monkeys on the island The number of monkeys washing their sweet potatoes reached 99 The next day the 100th monkey, and all the other monkeys, began to wash their sweet ... see, the chart covers the various elements of a round and the golfer records his or her performance on each hole The golfer then reviews it and determines the areas of opportunity to improve and

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... between the tee and the green that offers the player the best chance for success Also known as ‘‘the short grass.’’ Feathery Early type of golf ball made by filling a leather pouch with boiled feathers ... Grip To hold the club such that the little finger of one hand is wrapped around the forefinger of the other Lie Position of the ball at rest Links Golf course within four miles of the sea coast ... maintains an artificially high handi-cap in order to win bets Scratch Golfer A golfer whose handicap equals the par score of the golf course Short Game Chipping, pitching, and putting Trang 11240 GlossarySlice

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 19:15

... is not unlike what the golfer faces in playing on a new, and therefore unfamiliar, golf course The golfer must adapt to the new course requirements in order to be success-ful The leader will continue ... organization A golfer hits a bad shot The ball goes into the trees, in the water, out of bounds; the ball is topped and goes nowhere; or the ball is missed entirely, an embarrassing ‘‘whiff.’’ The golfer’s ... measure their performance They saw themselves as full participants in the game and it resulted in improved performance Receiving the Perfect Gift: Constructive Feedback The employees in the above

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... hailed as the finest new golf course in the world Must be some-thing! Mike commented on the Scottish caddies who helped him and his friends as they played these courses In short, he said, ‘‘The caddies ... irrational, and unintelligent’’ and with other not so complimentary descriptors Stupid leaders are those who do not realize the value and contri-butions of the caddie, the coach, and the team! ... not the famous, the wealthy, or the award winners The ones who mean the most, the ones we have little difficulty in remembering, the ones we never forget, are the ones who care about us The Global

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... greatly on the assistance, counsel, and yes, inspiration of caddies as they play their games of golf. Caddies know the golf course. They can match the golfer with the golf club best suited for the shot ... of golf, was the head professional at Inverness from 1940 to 1945. Golf Digest, in its biannual course rankings for 2003–2004, rated Inverness the 17th best course in the country and the ࠻l course in ... for the shot at hand. The caddie knows the layout of the course and importantly knows the 10589$ CH16 02-23-04 16:45:35 PS 191 Caddies, Coaches, and Teams greens. The ability of the caddie to provide

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... performance. Like the golfer, they see the future with hope. They are optimistic, rarely pessimistic. They understand the reality that the past is past and the attainment of goals rests in the present and the ... future. They take a positive approach to their responsibilities. They know their outlook on life and leadership is one of the few things within their personal control. The minds of the golfer and the ... limits and stay loose. Stan Moyer, The Tuesday Group One of the positive aspects of the game of golf is that golfers know that regardless of their play on the last hole or in the last round, there

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 17:20

... did yesterday, on the last hole, indeed on the last shot and focus on the next oppor-tunity In golf, the future always buries the past, the past does not bury the future The best golfers spend a ... Many of these people are now ‘‘they’’ and their followers are attending leadership programs sim-ilar to ones they attended And now, their followers are complain-ing about them as ‘‘they.’’ Golfers ... Trang 7216 Golf and the Game of Leadershipone’s golf game Golfing gurus abound Yet on-going, or recur-ring, failure stretches throughout the average golfer’s life Occa-sionally, golfers stumble

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... amused the public better than theirsuccessors The miracle of golf was the synthesis in Trang 22opposition, as in no other game, of the long and the short,the strong and the weak, the brash and the ... start of marrying and modelling land to theessential interest of the game which is golf coursearchitecture The original five hole course avoided all thequarries on the heath because they were still ... broader and the more rounded hisknowledge, the more constructively he can operate in therole of confessor and confidant, as his father andgrandfather used to do Lastly, the man in the front line, the

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 04:21

... shifting their weight correctly onto their back leg on the backswing The golfer will tend to straighten the back leg by locking the knee, which helps support the body weight, and then the ... direction of the loading of the weight, and there is a tremendous amount of stored energy lost If these muscles are weak, the golfer will slide to shift their weight on the backswing and. .. ... generation in the swing, thereby forcing the golfer to produce excessive power in their upper body or by throwing the club over the top Also, if the neck muscles are tight and the shoulders

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 23:20

... restored with the right ideas, and the “mystical marriage” is the marriage of the soul and the spirit, or the subconscious and superconscious mind They must be one When the subconscious ... dejected and discouraged. She said she possessed just eight dollars in the world. I said, “Good, we’ll bless the eight dollars and multiply them as Jesus-Christ multiplied the loaves and the The Game ... battle, it is a game. It is a game, however, which cannot be played successfully without the knowledge of spiritual law, and the Old and the New Testaments give the rules of the game with wonderful

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 09:17

... Golf and the Game of Leadership 10589$ $$FM 02-23-04 16:43:57 PS This page intentionally left blank Golf and the Game of Leadership An 18-Hole Guide for Success in Business and in Life ... As wife, mother, and best friend, she is the "real leader" of the McHugh clan and, like all the recognized and unrecognized "real leaders" everywhere, makes good things happen each and every day ... Fellow golfers and friends—Ken Smith, Bob Lauer, and the rest of the ‘‘Tuesday Group’’—were much-appreciated cheerleaders from the first tee to the last Christine Brennan, noted author and sports...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 16:15

... day in 1994, the marvelous game of golf It is a lifelong addiction for many, and the numbers keep increasing Golf is a near perfect metaphor for leadership The game of golf and the game of leadership ... all, the game of golf and the game of leadership require total focus and concentration if optimum results are to be achieved We will illustrate further as we play the leadership course The game ... beginning of the first day of the program, I ask, ‘‘Are there any engineers in the room?’’ As you probably expect, most of the people raise their hands And, I say, ‘‘You must be in the wrong room,...

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... questions Golfers see all the motivation factors in the game and 10589$ $CH1 02-23-04 16:44:20 PS 16 Golf and the Game of Leadership respond accordingly They not only love the ‘‘work,’’ they have ... to the golf course? How many are dissatisfied or unhappy when they are ‘‘forced’’ to play the game? How many professional golfers are not motivated by the game itself? You know the answers to these ... have fun playing the game Well, most of the time! The game of leadership has the same potential for motivation as the game of golf Where is there greater opportunity to experience the motivation...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 16:15

... you want to change the course of one of these vessels, the officer-of -the- deck orders a change to the angle of the rudder The rudder angle changes the course degree by degree, and it is readjusted ... building new golf courses, revamping old ones, requiring the use of new golf equipment, training the caddies and grounds crews, and reorganizing their country clubs All at the same time But, they were ... I!’’ There are an estimated 27 million golfers in the United States They play the game with varying degrees of success In fact, though the game of golf, as just described, is quite simple and...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 16:15

... Ultimate Golf Techniques, writes: To be a golfer rather than just a hitter of golf balls is to understand and respect the values that set the game of golf apart from all others To play golf is ... hit the tree Hitting a tree is simply bad luck and has no place in the scientific game The player should estimate the distance the ball would have traveled if it had not hit the tree and play the ... the hand he is holding Shortly after .., the old man passes away The marine ends his bedside vigil and advises the nurse of the old man’s death And then he asks, ‘‘Who was that old man?’’ The...

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 21:20

... certainly are They can also be viewed as defining the game, making it unique from other activities This is true both of the game of golf and of the game of leadership, though the rules of the latter ... 48 Golf and the Game of Leadership ficult, even agonizing situations and did so professionally They demonstrated the ability to balance the needs of the business with the individual needs of their ... Official Rules of Golf, as approved and published by The United States Golf Association (USGA) and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrew, Scotland, now cover etiquette; definitions; the rules of...

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... won them one at a time And I believe that he has 10589$ $CH5 02-23-04 16:44:41 PS 58 Golf and the Game of Leadership both a visualization to be the greatest golfer ever to play the game and ... point of the organization’s activities It is the job of the ‘‘leaders in the middle’’ to knit these two elements together Organizational vision and values are established by the top of the organization ... They are translated into systems and structures that are intended to guide the organization’s efforts in the direction of the vision and in a manner compatible with the values These systems and...

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... play the golf course Similarly, understanding the leadership course environment 10589$ $CH6 02-23-04 16:44:41 PS 66 Golf and the Game of Leadership is serious business for the wise leader The ... it the ship beats the waves when the waves are so many and the ship is one? The reason is that the ship has a purpose Winston Churchill 10589$ $CH5 02-23-04 16:44:42 PS 62 Golf and the Game ... understand and play within the realities of the environment Golfers understand this, and the good ones pursue a well-thought-out course management strategy, which includes consideration of the layout...

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 21:20

... from the ball on the tee and from the club face to the target The other track is a parallel alignment of the shoulders, hips, and feet There is a tendency to want to point the shoulders, hips, and ... 02-23-04 16:44:46 PS 72 Golf and the Game of Leadership refer to this as a bringing together of the elements of the game, whether golf or leadership, for a shot at the target All the pieces— values, ... noticed The honest golfer will count the stroke and move on The real leader accepts the responsibility, learns from the failure, and moves on There’s another WHIFF that leaders often overlook and...

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... row into the cup he quits Miss one and he starts over! Course Analysis Golf commentators on television are mostly ex-professional golfers They really know the game, the golfers, and the courses ... birdies, and even eagles Play these holes poorly and the odds are that the golfer will be home for the weekend Play them well and the golfer will probably stay in contention for the tournament lead The ... holes on the course and why At the same time they indicate that these are the holes each golfer must play well in order to have a chance at making the cut, because these holes provide the best...

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