What they Don’t Teach You about Leadership in College

Stephen Tharrett & Mark Williamson

The Storyline

“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.” Abraham Lincoln

12 Lessons on Leadership

Passion isn’t just for Lovers!

“Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, and gnaw at it still.” Henry David Thoreau

Power Doesn’t Lead; Influence Does

“Bad leaders, people revile; good leaders, people praise; butgreat leaders are those for whom the people say, we did it ourselves”

Lao Tzu

Buffalos are Out; Geese are In!

“The role of leaders is not to get other people to follow them but to empower others to lead” Bill George, True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership

Get in Touch with Your Feminine Side

No doubt emotional intelligence is more rare than book smarts, but my experience says it is actually more important in the making of a leader.”

Jack Welch, former CEO

General Electric

Leadership is not Inherited!

“The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born – that here is a genetic factor to leadership. The myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born”

Warren Bennis

American scholar and author

Risk Required!

“Take calculated risk. This is quite different from being rash.”George S. Patton

God Created Man, then He Created Woman

“Perfection is attained in slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.”

Voltaire

“To make mistakes is not in the power of man, but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future”

Plutarch

Pride is like Baggage; to Much Costs Extra!

“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and of course, as long as you look down, you can’t see something that is above you.”

Storytellers Create and Sustain Culture

“Stories translate information into emotion.” Karaoke Capitalism

Seek the Treasures that Others Ignore

“Treat people as they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of becoming.”

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Change Begins with You

“We must become the change we want to see in the world.” Mahatma Ghandi

It’s Lonely at the Top

“Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone, and acting alone, accept everything alone.” Ferdinand E. Marcus

A Subtle Reminder

Passion isn’t just for lovers

Power doesn’t lead; influence does

Buffalos are out; geese are in

Get in touch with your feminine side

Leadership is not Inherited

Risk Required

God created man, then he created woman

Pride is like baggage; to much costs extra

Storytellers create and sustain culture

Seek the treasures others ignore

Change begins with you

It’s lonely at the top

Insight…We begin by seeking to understand, followed by analyzing the data, resulting in a story only the

numbers can tell.

Inspiration…with the numbers in hand, we generate those “magic facts” that tell you the real story about

your business and its impact on your bottom line.

Impact…with inspiration driven by insight, we assist you with developing and executing strategies that drive

greater loyalty and profitability.

Stephen Tharrett, Co-founder and Principal | stevet@club-intel.com | 972.746.7605• 20 years leading athletic, golf and tennis as VP and SVP of Operations at ClubCorp

• 2+ years as CEO of the Russian Fitness Group

• 10+ years as a consultant in the fitness and private club industry

• Author of 8business books on the club industry

• Former president of IHRSA

Mark Williamson, Co-founder and Principal | markw@club-intel.com | 214.232.2389• 17 years heading up employee and member insights as VP of Research at ClubCorp International

• 5 years as Senior Director of the Guest Experience at Brinker International (e.g., Chili’s, Maggiano’s, On the Border, Romano’s Macaroni Grill, Corner Bakery)

• 2+ years as Executive Director of Consumer Insights at Applebee’s

• 2 years as Director of Research at Match.com