FredLayman

This blog explores the steps that you can take to build your own expert power. You gain expert power when you show a high level of knowledge or a great level of skill that people around you see, need and want. They will likely come to you for advice and want to follow your lead. Unlike power that depends on your formal position, expertise is personal to you. Anyone can possess it, no matter what their level or grade within their organization. You might be the sole member of a team who understands a software program, for instance, or the go-to person for industry knowledge. Expert power is a great asset to have. It provides leaders with a robust power base from which they can manage people confidently. According to Fred Layman USPTA, expert power is more important than reward-based or coercive power in leading people effectively. If you have expert power, your team is likely to be more open to your efforts to guide them, and you'll find it easier to motivate

Fred Layman, (AKA The Club Doctor) is a veteran golf course and clubs in transition operations director/consultant. In a series of blogs, he will speaking about How to keep private clubs successful.   With so many clubs struggling, it was, and certainly remains, a concern for the industry. The golf courses Fred Layman and his peers manage are the biggest assets club’s have — but there is a power structure that oversees the course, the membership, the entire club staff, the F&B operation, and the infrastructure. Fred Layman talks about big picture, as that picture affects everything he does, in the context of club “success.” Without question, the most significant observation Fred Layman made during the recent recession is this: Those clubs that continued to move forward, that kept enhancing their facilities and improving their clubs intelligently were able to weather the storm”. “Conversely, those clubs that did nothing more than cut expenses, after a while became unat