A day on the golf course with a client – or boss – is
every bit as important to corporate life as board meetings, annual reviews
and holiday parties. If you choose to mix golf and business – you’d
better know the “unspoken rules.”
How you behave is a direct reflection of your company. If you’re
not properly trained – the course becomes a minefield.
Our team of business experts and former CEO’s work together with
your companies top management to present this information to the participants
over the same three day period. Each mid-day, we take a break from the
course, catch our breath and have classroom instruction on critical
issues relating to business and golf.
- Building Trust
- Maintaining Meaningful Business Relationships
- Creating a Trust with your clients
- Personal & Corporate Integrity
- Using the Golf Course to get to know each other better
- The Six-Hour Sales Call
- The Important thing is to keep the important thing the important thing
- Knowing Your Customer
- How to Act on the Golf Course with a client
- How NOT to act on the Golf Course with a client
The Featured Business Lecturers
JOHN
K. BURKE
John K. Burke has had a 30-year sales, marketing and public relations
career of national and international experience that has evolved
into ownership of a successful leading-edge strategic solutions
firm headquartered in Delray Beach Florida. John’s corporate
experience, structure and discipline comes from 20 years with Fortune
500 giants Colgate-Palmolive, Foster-Grant and Reebok, holding
3 vice presidential senior level management positions with responsibilities
over North America, Europe and the South Pacific. He founded CustomRgolf™,
and has used golf to develop relationships, to learn more about
his clients - and as a competitive business weapon for the past
20+ years.
A graduate of St. Bonaventure University and The Harvard Business
School, John made the leap from corporate office to entrepreneur
in 1995, and founded Talent & Energy, www.talentandenergy.com a full-service marketing, sales and public relations firm. Today
he leads a TALENT POOL of professionals with specific expertise
and the drive to make an immediate impact on any company, with
a unique formula for project timelines that minimize expenses and
maximize results, as well as being a partner in Corporate Golf.
John has held board positions with 7 different organizations and
has extensive experience in general management, advertising, brand
management, manufacturing, packaging, sales deployment and public
relations. Talent & Energy was recognized as a finalist for
Palm Beach County Entrepreneur of the Year 2003. He's also a bonafide
golf nut, carrying a 7 handicap.
RICK SESSINGHAUS
Rick Sessinghaus is a PGA member, sports psychologist and author
of the best selling book, "Golf, the ultimate mind game." Rick
specializes in the mental game of golf. He received his Doctorate
in Applied Sports Psychology and has helped professionals, high
ranking amateurs, and junior players improve their performance
through mental training. Rick has taken these peak performance
principles to corporate America as a sought after speaker and trainer.
He trains individuals and teams how to improve motivation, stay
focused, develop mental toughness, and perform under pressure