by David Gould | May 11, 2022 | News
Along with providing high-quality golf instruction and coaching, our members are responsible for their business trajectory in many additional ways. Here is what you told us about your business-building duties and the tools that help you fulfill them: Nearly two-thirds...
by David Gould | May 11, 2022 | News
Financial planning doesn’t often take place on a beach. But the next time you find yourself there, try this experiment, courtesy of management and motivational guru Stephen R. Covey: You’ll need a Mason jar and an assortment of big rocks, smaller gravel, sand, and...
by David Gould | May 3, 2022 | News
Among marketing options available to our coaches, social media ranks No. 1. Last year a full 88 percent of our members were using at least one social platform. Email marketing was second at 87 percent. None of the other marketing channels managed to top 50 percent...
by David Gould | Apr 27, 2022 | News
We heard last week from a Proponent member employed as Director of Instruction at a top-tier private club. This member, who is highly compensated, wished to compare her pay package with that of coaches in similar roles at equally high-end clubs. We hadn’t done a deep...
by David Gould | Apr 27, 2022 | News
The group of Proponent members who took our recent personal-finance survey was split nearly 50-50 split between coaches who work as employees (45percent) and those who are either independent contractors (42 percent) or academy owners (13 percent). These were veteran...
by David Gould | Apr 20, 2022 | News
The two largest expenses golf coaches must absorb in their businesses are revenue sharing and rent/lease payments. A coaches’ employment situation will likely determine if they pay one versus the other. Usually revenue sharing applies when the coach is an...
