Golf Management Australia Winter 2017 | Page 29

Gregg Patterson, President and CEO, “Tribal Magic!” Gregg Patterson became the General Manager of The Beach Club in 1982. Since that time, he has worked with his members, Boards, and committees to enhance the value and reputation of The Beach Club in the Los Angeles community. Prior to becoming the General Manager of the Beach Club, he was the Assistant Manager of the Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles and also worked as a Systems Analyst for the U.S. Army Club System. In addition to his ongoing responsibilities at The Beach Club, Gregg is a Senior Associate with Kapoor and Kapoor Hospitality Consultants, where he teaches certification courses in leadership and marketing for the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA), an organization consisting of owners/franchisees of limited service hotels in the U.S. under such brands as Clarion, Comfort Inn, Holiday Inn, Best Western and others. Building on his experience as a club manager, Gregg has been a featured presenter at various club management seminars, assistant manager conferences and hospitality forums around the world. they got from you during their encounter. Accept that with Mad Dogs there are no casual conversations. Anything you say, no matter how inconsequent or innocent, will be held against you and will be spun to suit the purposes of the Mad Dog in question. budgeted because you made more than you expected on private functions and wanted to give something back to the members? Then you’ve thrown away member dues like drunken sailors. You can’t win. Bad things happen frequently, but truly big, bad things happen less often. Mad Dogs love bad things when they happen since truly big, bad things are remembered forever. Mad Dogs will use the uproar over admitting woman as full members a decade ago to show how radical and extreme the board was, is and will forever be. Because Mad Dogs are truly wild and rabid creatures, their reaction to your comments will be will be a zillion times bigger than the comment made. You mention, duri