Thursday, May 29th, 2008
GOLF LESSONS FOR INTERNS – WOW!
As you know, I am always looking for CPA firms and people in public accounting that make me say WOW.
Yesterday, after a fantastic day with Gainer, Donnelly & Desroches at their beautiful office in Houston (a firm who is determined to have an “alive and healthy” mentoring program for their team), I flew to Orange County to be with another awesome firm, Windes & McClaughry, where today we’ll talk about generational issues at their annual leadership planning retreat.
On the plane I was reading Inside Public Accounting (you should be subscribing to this one – it is a must-read for progressive CPA firm leaders…. email me if you want a copy of my 2008 recommended reading list), I read about Johnson Lambert & Co., a Raleigh NC based firm.
The firm, with MP Deborah Lambert, feels so strongly about the correlation between great networking, life-balance and the personal development track that the firm provides not only high-quality internship experiences throughout the year, but also personal golf lessons for its 30+ summer interns. The golf lessons are also offered to any staff member who is an intern mentor (sure made staff step-up).
Think about it – connections made and relationships built through golf are a key part of many CPAs success activities. Check out the JL&Co. website where there is a link to the entire article.
“Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.” – - Arnold Palmer
