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Golfing Fore Business – 21 Tips to Networking on the Golf Course

So you’re heading out to play a round of golf down at the local course near where you live. It’s going to be busy, like it usually is. You are going to be paired up with 3 other people that you don’t know. It is stressing you out, but it doesn’t have to!

Or maybe the boss has chosen you to go attend the industry networking golf tournament and wants you to do some business development on the course, but you don’t know what the best strategy is.

Well, we are here to help with…

How to Network on the Golf Course – 21 Tips, and why they work

Business Golf

What Business Golf Teaches About Leadership

Ryan S / January 14, 2016

Golf is the sport of choice for many and is especially prevalent in the business community. The game is played passionately and with high expectations. It might even get frustrating and difficult between (and during) holes but merely a single great shot makes it all worthwhile. Leadership is similar to golf. Leaders are passionately and enthusiastic about their responsibilities. Their hard work, determination, and passion can yield successful results in some cases but in some they get to face dismal results. There are numerous leadership lessons that can be learned from business golf. Some of them are discussed below:

1. In Certain Situations, You Have to Go Big

Both in golf and leadership, there comes a time where you have to take some risks. In these situations, a safe strategy might keep you in the race but in order to achieve success, you simply have to take a chance and go big. In the office this can mean you decide to invest in that product you’ve been thinking about that costs a lot but might bring in high end clients. On the course, this could mean trying to clear that water hazard to hit the green and shave a stroke off your score.