Women in pro-ams are always telling me about all the business deals they've struck on the golf course playing with their male work colleagues.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Forcing companies to recruit away from the golf course might lead to the appointment of more women from NGOs and academia and medicine, all of whom are likely to understand such concepts as stewardship and sustainability much better than men picked from the usual hunting grounds.
Every woman should recruit a female friend to take up golf so there will be more women available to play.
The reason I wrote about women's golf is because I've helped out some with the Kathy Whitworth Cup, a tournament they have in Fort Worth every year where they invite 60 of the best junior golfers in the country and even some foreign players.
Evening the playing field for women workers is a matter of fairness and with women now providing a significant share of their family's income, it is a family issue.
Women are everywhere. We're letting them play golf and tennis now. It's out of control.
Every company I know is looking for more women at the table. Every board is looking for more women at the table. There's a reason why men want to understand the challenges women face, address them, because then they're going to be better hirers, attracters and retainers of women.
Women in business are talented leaders who can share their skills as trainers, mentors and advocates.
Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun.
I find it fascinating that sport has such a strong connection to success in business. Arguably, C-suite women are some of the most successful women, and more than half of them played at a more advanced level than just the general population of women in business that had sport in their background.
Well, I happen to believe all business is female business.