Let’s Celebrate! Welcome to February! Your section staff continues to prepare for what promises to be an incredible 2025 season. This year’s tournaments—across all five chapters and at the section level—will be better than ever. Additionally, section Members and Associates will have access to more educational opportunities than ever before. Our 2025 Mentoring Conference, presented by TaylorMade, aboutGOLF … Read more
New Year’s Day: A Strategic Reset for the PNWPGA and the Golf Industry Happy New Year! As Mr. Nowlen reported in his December 2024 column, the PNWPGA Board of Directors and your section staff completed our Winter Strategic Planning meetings. By all accounts, our time together was a great success. Most promising to me is the … Read more
Celebrating the Holidays: A Time for Reflection, Success, and Strategic Planning As we find ourselves in the middle of the holiday season, our businesses are navigating a unique blend of year-end demands, festive celebrations, and the forward-looking energy of a new year. It’s a time for reflection on accomplishments, gratitude for contributions, and strategic planning … Read more
Giving Thanks Frank Talarico, PNWPGA CEO November is here and the Thanksgiving holiday with it. Gratitude, togetherness, generosity, and reflection are at its core, and these values resonate well in the business world. In my experience, teams that build cultures rooted in these principles have a strategic advantage, improving their resilience, workforce satisfaction, and customer … Read more
The Power of Downtime: Why Taking a Break After a Hectic Season is Essential for Business Success Many years ago, a trusted mentor of mine invited me to join him for lunch. This wasn’t an unusual invitation, though the content of our lunch presented a big change in thinking for me. During lunch he reached … Read more
The Spirit of Fall Can Inspire Your Professional Excellence Frank Talarico, PNWPGA CEO One of the many reasons I am thankful for moving my family to the Pacific Northwest four years ago is the change in seasons. Moving north from Southern California where we have two seasons—dry and wet—we love feeling weather get cooler, trees … Read more