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Leadership Lessons from Life Series

LEADERSHIP

LESSONS

from

The Game

of Golf

An 18-Hole Course in Leadership

Peter R. Garber

HRD Press, Inc. • Amherst • Massachusetts

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Copyright © 2006, Peter Garber

All rights reserved. Any reproduction of this material in any media without

written permission of the publisher is a violation of existing copyright laws.

Published by:

HRD Press

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Amherst, MA 01002

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(U.S. and Canada)

1-413-253-3488

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www.hrdpress.com

ISBN 0-87425-877-4

Cover design by Eileen Klockars

Productions services by PerfectType

Editorial services by Suzanne Bay

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About the Leadership Lessons from

Life Series

The most important and significant things we learn about life

are usually basic and fundamental lessons taught to us early

on—lessons that we might have forgotten about, overlooked,

or simply taken for granted. Even the most complicated

leadership theory has as its source something we were taught

when we were young. The Leadership Lessons from Life series

is designed to remind us of this wisdom and help us apply it to

our efforts to become better, more-effective leaders.

Each book in the series is devoted to exploring what we

learn from significant people or events in our lives as it relates

to our professional endeavors. Even the most challenging

leadership and management situations can be changed for the

better as a result of insights coming from unexpected sources.

As you read each book, you will have a new appreciation for

this simple wisdom and find new ways to apply the funda￾mental principles to your professional life and responsibilities.

Good luck in your never-ending learning journey. May

this Leadership Lessons from Life series make the experience

valuable and enjoyable.

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Introduction

Can you learn to be a good leader by playing golf? Believe it or

not, you can! There are fundamentals and rules in both

endeavors that must be followed if you expect to ever keep up

with the competition, let alone beat it. There are also right and

wrong ways to perform a particular activity that can make the

difference between winning and losing. Leaders and golfers

must have perseverance and patience if they are to achieve

success. Some golfers and managers never learn the importance

of those virtues, however.

In golf and in business, you have good days and you have

bad days. There are times when the ball just won’t drop in the

cup, no matter what you do! And there are some customers

who will never be satisfied, no matter how long you work at it.

What makes the difference between playing the best

round of golf you have ever had in your life and playing the

worst? Similarly, what makes the difference in business

between satisfying the requirements of the customer and losing

their business? Leadership Lessons from the Game of Golf

explores these differences and what you can do about them.

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Leadership Lessons

from the Game of Golf

The Course

This unique golf course consists of eighteen holes, each one

devoted to a principle of management. Like any other 18-hole

course, there are a number of obstacles and hazards designed

to trip you up or throw you off your game. Play the course

by circling “Yes” or “No” after each question or statement.

Don’t be too easy on yourself as you answer each question.

Be as honest as you can. Then use the scoring key on the page

that follows each hole to determine the number of strokes

you took to play the hole. A final scorecard is included after

the 18th hole so that you can evaluate your overall per￾formance and compare it to “par” for the course. Good luck

and hit ’em straight!

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