Time is the one thing we can surely count on in life; it passes quickly and leaves us with the things we have accomplished and the things we have left to finish. Each of us has a personal relationship with the work that we do, it is different for everyone and each person has his or her belief as to what the end result should look like.
I hope everyone had a productive and successful summer. As mentioned in past Presidents messages, I would like to focus on non- technical turf management skills.
In this edition, I would like to talk about the role staff play in the success of a good Turf Manager and his/her ability to effectively manage budgets.
What will the New Year bring? Do we have an influence on it? Or are we all at the mercy of what comes our way?
The holiday season and the gateway to the New Year brings the opportunity to reflect on our accomplishments and to ponder the decisions that did not bring us the results we expected.
Determining the content of this President’s message was a bit more difficult than I envisioned. So far this year, President’s messages have been laid out in an attempt to present more of a management-focused theme than that of technical reference.
TLN: Please start with your bio (current age, place of work & how long, how long in the business, where you live, family, etc):
Keith Lyall: I’m 40 years old, I have been in the golf industry since 1995, but have been in landscape and residential construction since I was 13. Currently employed at Sun Peaks Golf Course where I have been the superintendent since 2005. My Wife, Bobbe and one year-old son, McLean and I live in Sun Peaks, we are both originally from Kamloops. I also have a ten year-old daughter, Ailisa who lives in Calgary.
Read more: TLN Interview With Keith Lyall, 2013 WCTA President