During the 2021 Virtual Golf Industry Show, the dynamic duo of John Cunningham, CGCS, and Pat Finlen, CGCS, taught a compressed version of their traditional seminar on leadership that left the audience wanting MORE. So here it is!
You have unique gifts and natural leadership skills. Realizing and utilizing these gifts and strengths will assist you in being a leader. Cunningham and Finlen take you through details on identifying the skills you have and building the ones that you haven’t yet acquired. In this 60-minute webinar, you’ll learn more about collaborating, communicating and being open to change. A quick look at key skills needed to move from superintendent to general manager will round out the event. Listen in to get MORE information you can use to lead your team into the 2021 season.
Original presentation date: Mar. 23, 2021 Education points: 0.10
About the Instructors
John Cunningham, CGCS, is currently the General Manager/COO at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Penn. He earned his degree in agronomy from Valencia College in Orlando, Florida, and has been a Certified Golf Course Superintendent since 2003. Cunningham spent the first 10-plus years of his career in Florida, most notably at Black Diamond Ranch a 45-hole, top-100 golf facility. He then joined the Four Seasons Resort and Club in Dallas, Texas, then accepted the position as Assistant General Manager/Director of Agronomy at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Mo.
Pat Finlen, CGCS, is a past president of GCSAA and General Manager/COO at the Winchester Country Club in Meadow Vista, Calif. He earned his degree in business administration from Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Mo., and has been a Certified Golf Course Superintendent since 1989. Finlen started his career in 1984, working as a superintendent in Kansas City then in Virginia Beach, Va. He was the director of golf course maintenance at Bayonet & Black Horse in Seaside, Calif., then hired as the director of golf maintenance operations for The Olympic Club in San Francisco where he quickly earned several promotions.
