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Par for the Course

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Par for the Course

Article by Patrick Bailey | Comments: (0) | Tue, 11/10/2009 - 1:25pm
Summary:

What can happen over a game of golf? You learn what you don't know, you learn more about what you do know, and you learn to listen to what others know. See how two managers and a caddy team up for some valuable lessons about staying out of the rough.

Each step kicked up glimmering droplets of early morning dew, which soaked into the shoes of the two golfers and Willy, the caddy doing double duty.

"Nice!" said Bud Sawyer, director of support for Link2People Software, when he got a birdie on the first hole.

"I feel lucky for my bogey," replied Janet Knight, Bud's new boss, as they approached the second tee.

About The Author: Patrick Bailey
Patrick M. Bailey teaches information systems at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. He has more than twenty years of experience as a software developer and manager with his experience evenly divided between new development and maintenance organizations. Patrick regularly speaks about IT leadership subjects at non-profit-oriented conferences. Email Patrick at pmb4@calvin.edu.