Golf and the game of leadership 2. Sách tham khảo học hỏi kỹ năng tổ chức lãnh đạo. Trong cuốn sách này, Bill Haupt, cựu quản lý điều hành phát triển tại General Motors, một người bạn lâu năm và đồng nghiệp, cung cấp đầu vào, cái nhìn sâu sắc. Ông là một niềm vui để mọi người làm việc với, một''lãnh đạo thực sự,''và rất con người. Ann và Bill tham gia từ đầu đến cuối trong thực hiện cuốn sách có giá trị, dễ đọc, và thú vị này | x Acknowledgments script. A tip of the golf cap to Niels for making the task a most enjoyable one. My thanks as well to Mike Sivilli of AMACOM for managing the overall editorial processes and book production. And finally special thanks to all who have contributed to my leadership and golfing experiences. On the Practice Tee On August 10 1994 at about 3 30 in the afternoon I was driving to Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania Ohio. Our then 20-year-old son Kevin Michael O Toole McHugh was with me. Highland Meadows was not a new experience for either of us. Kevin had played there many times including in junior golf tournaments. His sisters Kathy and Lisa had both worked at the Club. Kathy was the Club s office manager for several years and Lisa worked in the dining room and the office while going to college. Kevin was home for a few days prior to beginning his junior year at the University of Michigan. He had just completed an NROTC midshipman cruise on a guided missile destroyer out of San Diego. This day he was interested in tuning up his well-above-average golfing skills. As a freshman Kevin was invited to try out for Michigan s golf team. He missed making the team by an average of less than one stroke over five 18-hole rounds Kevin was enthusiastic about the opportunity to play Highland Meadows an excellent course that annually hosts the LPGA s Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Tournament. I was along in the hope of picking up some pointers that would improve my hacker status. The conversation on the way caught me by surprise. Dad says Kevin why don t you write a book A book About what You know about that leadership stuff you ve developed. You really know a lot from your experiences and I think you should write about them. You ve been talking to your mother 1 2 Golf and the Game of Leadership No really I think you should write a book about leadership. Many people family friends associates can say why don t you . . . and they can be easily dismissed. But when your .