Tim Morghan, Principle of Aspire Consulting, has given a few talks for our company at educational events about the 50/20 rule. A Superintendent has been at a club for 20 years and for his fiftieth birthday he gets a big target to put on his back.
With the job opportunities shrinking and market full of Assistant Superintendents, there are changes now being made with the Superintendent in the 40's. Now I know there are tons of variables involved when a change is made at these positions and age is not always the main factor. But I have had more discussions recently about what other options are out there for turf managers? Now some would say golf is all I have ever done and I don't want to do anything else but what do you do when you that option isn't there? What happens if your club is struggling financially or that kid you ripped 15 years ago for taking a cart to close to a green is running for the board and gives you the stink eye every time he drives by you.
What is your Plan B? Schools, Townships, Colleges and even Estates is what I tell people all the time.
Now these jobs are not the easiest to come by either but it is another opportunity to do what you love....manage turf! Some great benefits, and something called weekends off! It is a different pace of life but might be the answer to a career move that you did not see coming when you first started with your Plan A.
WJC
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