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The Club Manager Journal29 - Learn to "Dance with your Fear"Music Credit: "Fear" by Ben RectorFollow Geoff Piva, CCM on LinkedInListen to "Fear" by Ben RectorListen to The Inward Nine with Chandler Withington
2025-07-0517 minThe Club Manager Journal28 - My Club Management "A-HA" MomentFollow CMJ on LinkedInFollow Geoff Piva, CCM on LinkedIn
2025-06-0604 minThe Club Manager Journal28 - You Don't Need All the Answers Right Now"Many Situations in life are similar to going on a hike: the view changes once you start walking. You don't need all the answers right now, new paths will reveal themselves if you have the courage to get started" - James ClearFollow Geoff Piva, CCM on LinkedInFollow CMJ on LinkedIn
2025-06-0210 minThe Club Manager Journal27 - Be a Turtle - When things Get Busy, Slow Down!Follow CMJ on Linked InFollow Geoff Piva, CCM - Linked InJefferson Fisher, The Next Conversation
2025-05-2712 minThe Club Manager Journal26 - Visualization: Use to manifest success at your Club!"Believe you can and you're halfway there" - Teddy Roosevelt
2025-04-1409 minThe Club Manager Journal25 - The First Day of School: The Beauty of Re-Opening your Club!"Fall in Love with the Process"
2025-04-0710 minThe Club Manager Journal24 - 3 Strategies for Having Better Conversations at your Club"You can change everything in your next conversation" - Jefferson Fisher
2025-03-3112 minThe Club Manager Journal23 - The Club Manager and Divorce: Why its Common, How to slow it down, and My StoryTwo ancient terms I live by, and their meanings:"Amor Fati" - Love your Fate"Luctor et Emergo" - I Struggle, and EmergeFollow CMJ on Linked InFollow Geoff Piva, CCM on Linked In
2025-03-0327 min
Private Club Radio Show425: Building Successful Clubs Through Emotional Intelligence w/ Geoff Piva, CCMThis episode focuses on how emotional intelligence can redefine leadership within club management. Geoff Piva shares his personal journey and insights on navigating crises, the importance of mentorship, maintaining work-life balance, and leading with empathy. • Exploring the role of emotional intelligence in club management • Lessons learned during the COVID-19 crisis • Transforming Needham Golf Club through innovation and member engagement • The impact of mentorship on professional growth • Finding work-life balance in a demanding environment • Emphasizing the importance of empathy and communication in leadership • Adopting stoicism to guide leadership practices Geoff Piva encourages listen...
2025-02-2455 minPrivate Club Radio Show425: Building Successful Clubs Through Emotional Intelligence w/ Geoff Piva, CCMThis episode focuses on how emotional intelligence can redefine leadership within club management. Geoff Piva shares his personal journey and insights on navigating crises, the importance of mentorship, maintaining work-life balance, and leading with empathy. • Exploring the role of emotional intelligence in club management • Lessons learned during the COVID-19 crisis • Transforming Needham Golf Club through innovation and member engagement • The impact of mentorship on professional growth • Finding work-life balance in a demanding environment • Emphasizing the importance of empathy and communication in leadership • Adopting stoicism to guide leadership practices Geoff Piva encourages listen...
2025-02-2455 minThe Club Manager Journal22 - Indifference: How to Live, Work and Lead in a state of Calm"What if, when others are upset, envious, excited, passive or greedy, you were objective, calm and clearheaded? How much more relaxed would you be?"Follow CMJ on Linked InFollow Geoff Piva, CCM on Linked In
2025-02-2416 minThe Club Manager Journal21 - Do you want to create better habits as a Club Manager? Start in the Off-Season."To create a good habit you must make it obvious, make it attractive, make it easy and make it satisfying." - James ClearFollow CMJ on LinkedInFollow Geoff Piva, CCM on LinkedIn
2025-02-1713 minThe Club Manager Journal20 - Reflections from CMAA National ConferenceReflections from Conference in Tampa, Florida this past week. Follow CMJ on LinkedInFollow Geoff Piva, CCM on LinkedIn
2025-02-1511 minThe Club Manager Journal19 - The Dichotomy of Control and Boundaries - Why we need to understand them both as Club Managers"A boundary is something you tell someone you are going to do, and they have to do nothing in return".
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2025-02-1016 minThe Club Manager Journal18 - The Four Stoic Virtues and the Club Manager - #4 - Temperance"Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them, but because we had them." - Seneca
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2025-02-0313 minThe Club Manager Journal17 - The Four Stoic Virtues and the Club Manager - #3 - Justice"And a Commitment to justice in your own acts. Which means, thought and action resulting in the common good. What you were born to do" - Marcus Aurelius
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2025-01-2710 minThe Club Manager Journal16 - The Four Stoic Virtues and the Club Manager - #2 - Courage"Courage is the ability to retain strength of character and our morals in the face of fear and the desire not to do so" - Epictetus
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2025-01-2013 minThe Club Manager Journal15 - The Four Stoic Virtues and the Club Manager - #1 - Wisdom"The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not in my control and which have to do with the choices I actually control" - Epictetus
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2025-01-1316 minThe Club Manager Journal14 - Reflections on 2024, the best (and worst) year of my life, and the opportunity of 2025!"Last Year is dead, they seem to say, begin afresh, afresh afresh." - Philip Larkin's "The Trees"
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2025-01-0117 min
Let's Talk Club ManagementLet’s Talk Club Management Ep. 129 – Best of 2024: The Club Manager JournalEach year, we like to wrap up the podcast by talking to a CMAA member about their wins for the year. On this episode, we are excited to be talking to Geoff Piva, CCM, General Manager/COO at Needham Golf Club in Needham, MA. Geoff started a podcast this year called The Club Manager Journal. Melissa first got served the podcast via suggested title in her listening and was instantly struck by the authenticity of the discussion. Over the past three years, he has been on a journey of self-awareness and discovery that has led him to be a better...
2024-12-3045 min
The Inward Nine with Chandler WithingtonEp. 7 How to Improve the Relationship Between Club Managers and Golf Professionals with Geoff PivaIf you are a club manager or club professional, how is your relationship with the other person? Are you a strong and thriving partnership who support one another? Or, is there animosity and resentment towards each other? Geoff Piva, the club manager at Needham Country Club, joins the show to share his perspective on this critical relationship. Geoff speaks from a position of authority as he has held both roles throughout his career. Geoff shares his perspective on where this animosity comes from and what both club managers and professionals can do to overcome it. Yo...
2024-12-191h 02The Club Manager Journal13 - Helping others Understand Servant Leadership"People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care." - John C Maxwell
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2024-11-2511 minThe Club Manager Journal12-The Power of Patience"The most useful form of patience is persistence. Patience implies waiting for things to improve on their own. Persistence implies keeping your head down and continuing to work when things take longer than you expect." - James Clear
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2024-11-1812 minThe Club Manager Journal11 - Review Season and Having Difficult Conversations"Listening well is one of the most powerful skills you can bring to a difficult conversation"
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2024-11-1109 minThe Club Manager Journal10 - Staying in the Present"There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done, one is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow. So today is the right day to love, believe , do and mostly live. - Dalai Lama
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2024-11-0411 minThe Club Manager Journal09 - We All Need HelpBeing Vulnerable is a sign of Strength. Don't be afraid to reach out to other managers when you need it.
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2024-10-2807 minThe Club Manager Journal08 - The Most Popular Person at the Club - The Club Manager and the Golf ProfessionalFollow CMJ on LinkedIn
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2024-10-2113 min
Pohádky bez obalu#12: Čarodějnický speciál: Špičaté čepice, zapálená inkvizice a jablečné orgie.🍺 Co mají čarodějnice společného s vařením piva? 🧙🏼 Co všechno se dělo během pohanských sabatů? 🔥 Jak lidové pohádky přispěly k inkviziční panice?To všechno a mnohem víc se dozvíte ve 12. epizodě podcastu Pohádky bez obalu. Užijte si poslech 👂❤✨ Instagram: https://instagram.com/pohadkybezobalu_podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03iEAfJBLSKjp2xpLapx7Y YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb7-WtTBBj_0X3MocPzJZoG4hDyyqm5GB...V této epizodě byly použity krátké zvukové u...
2024-10-1844 minThe Club Manager Journal07 - The Club Manager and Toxic Perfectionism"Healthy Striving is Self Focused: 'How Can I Improve?'
Perfectionism is other-focused: 'What will they Think?' - Brene Brown
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2024-10-1418 minThe Club Manager Journal06 - Mel Robbins "Let Them" Theory - How it can change you as a Leader and a Person"You can drop the sword. You can let go." - Mel Robbins
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2024-10-0720 minThe Club Manager Journal05 - The Art of Doing Nothing (no, really!)"The tranquility that comes from not caring what they say or do, but only what you do" - Marcus Aurelius
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2024-09-3023 minThe Club Manager Journal04 - It's all about Energy!"To run a successful organization, you must learn to manage peoples energy, especially your own" - Jon Gordon
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2024-09-2320 minThe Club Manager Journal03 - How Stoicism Changed Me"The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he comes to strength" - Marcus Aurelius
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2024-09-1615 minThe Club Manager Journal02- An Open Letter to Club Manager Dads"There is no more important job then being a parent" - Ryan Holiday
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2024-09-0913 minThe Club Manager Journal01 - The Club Manager JournalMy name is Geoff Piva and I am a Certified Club Manager and Golf Professional with over 20 years experience in the private club industry. Over the past 3 years i have been on a journey of self awareness and discovery that has led me to this podcast. I hope my journey can help you be a better leader, parent, and person.
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2024-09-0133 min