Club boards and owners need to face up to that. Beyond that familiar environment, exciting new career horizons have begun to emerge for managers willing to think broadly about their careers. The list includes resort management, consulting, teaching, interim management, and private enterprise. Resort Management Many of America's premier resorts are beginning to recognize that a general manager who has been successful in serving a discriminating club's membership could be the perfect professional to manage their properties and add a personal touch in the fiercely competitive world today of top resorts. Probably not, but you soon will.
Resorts are also top payers.
Conversely, and unfortunately for clubs, very few resort or hotel general managers are equipped to adapt successfully to the unique requirements of private clubs. Significantly, and not surprisingly, more and more clubs that are between managers are now turning to interim managers. These clubs are wise enough to see that their department heads usually do not have the skills necessary to carry the club successfully during the three to five months it may take to bring the general manager on board. A high percentage of the several dozen club managers who now specialize in interim posts are actually earning more as temporary managers than they did as permanent employees. This past year, one of these temporary managers actually left retirement and accepted the full-time general manager's position at a major Midwestern country club.