POWER IN WOMEN'S GOLF
FOR WOMEN WHO ARE GOING PLACES.
WE GOT THE MEMO.Women need more confidence.Lean in.Speak up.Back yourself.Find a mentor.Get another qualification.Attend another leadership program.We got the memo.I've got three degrees.And none of them make me feel quite as powerful as standing on a tee and absolutely smashing a drive.Or as accomplished in the moment as standing over a putt, committing to it and watching the bloody thing drop.There's a difference between being told you're capable and experiencing your own capability.Golf gives you that experience over and over again.Commit.Take the shot.Deal with the result.Go again.And every now and then...Absolutely fu&%ing nail it.
BUT THE REAL POWER OF GOLF GOES FURTHER.
Golf has been part of business for generations.There's a reason.It creates access.Clients.Prospects.Senior executives.Business owners.Decision-makers.Four hours together.Relationships develop differently when there's no boardroom table between you.People talk.
Ideas surface.Introductions happen.Business gets discussed.Opportunities emerge.Not every round produces a deal.That's not the point.Being there creates possibility.And if we're serious about seeing more women leading businesses, winning clients, building companies and shaping industries, then more women need to feel comfortable in the formal and informal arenas where influence is built.The golf course is one of them.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. IN A WHOLE NEW ARENA.
Your future female leaders don't need another token workshop.Another course.Another panel telling them to speak up.Another afternoon talking about confidence.Another certificate.Another room full of women being told how to become better leaders.We got the memo.These women are already intelligent.Already qualified.Already ambitious.Already leading.What they need are opportunities to experience themselves differently.Put them somewhere unfamiliar.Let them navigate discomfort.Let them make decisions.Let them make mistakes without collapsing into them.Let them build relationships.Let them be the least experienced person in the group and discover they can still hold their own.Let them practise taking up space somewhere other than the office.Put them on a golf course.Because leadership development doesn't have to happen in a training room.And if golf is already part of your industry's client, commercial and relationship-building ecosystem, developing women to participate in it isn't a novelty.It's commercially relevant leadership development.Corporate Golf Ready gives female and emerging leaders practical experience navigating an environment where clients, prospects, colleagues and senior decision-makers already spend time.We're not teaching women how to lead.We're expanding the arenas in which they're comfortable doing it.
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THE ROI ISN'T HER HANDICAP
Think bigger.If one woman becomes comfortable enough to start accepting corporate golf invitations, what might happen over the next ten years of her career?One stronger client relationship.One new account.One referral.One introduction.One unexpected opportunity.One conversation with a senior decision-maker.One invitation she wouldn't otherwise have received.Then eventually:One client she invites.One younger woman she brings.One opportunity she creates.You can't guarantee what will happen during a round of golf.But you can guarantee nothing happens in a room you never enter.That's the commercial argument.Your investment isn't in golf.It's in:Access.Relationships.Visibility.Business development.Commercial opportunity.And developing women who are comfortable operating in another arena that matters to your business.
WHY ME?
I'm Evonne Englezos.I represented NSW in golf as a teenager before my career took me into business, operations, leadership and understanding human behaviour.Now I've come back to the game with a very different perspective.I can see what golf gave me.And I can see what it could give more women.I'm not your golf professional.Keep your coach.Work on your swing.Get bloody good if you want to.I'm interested in what happens beyond the lesson.I'm your wingwoman.I'll show you the ropes.I'll call out the unnecessary apology.I'll help you understand the environment.I'll remind you that one bad shot doesn't suddenly make you less accomplished.And I'll help you get comfortable enough in this world that eventually you don't need me beside you.Because the goal isn't to play golf with me.It's to be ready for wherever golf can take you.
FOR WOMEN WHO ARE GOING PLACES.
Power belongs on the fairway too.Women are moving into more senior positions, building bigger businesses, managing significant clients and taking greater roles in shaping the future of business.Yet there's an arena where many still hesitate to step in.The golf course.Not because they aren't capable.Because nobody ever showed them how to use it.Golf and Talk exists to change that.We help ambitious women move beyond simply learning golf to understanding the power, access and opportunity the game can provide.
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