Lawrence, Kan. (Jan. 24, 2023) – Recognizing the vital significance of psychological well being and wellness for golf course administration professionals, the Golf Course Superintendents Affiliation of America (GCSAA) has developed an inspiring and academic session for the 2023 GCSAA Convention and Commerce Present titled “Nobody is an island: A information to well being and psychological wellness at CTS” Open to all commerce present attendees at 1:15 p.m. on Feb. 9 on the Interactive Grass Stage of the commerce present, the occasion will function consultants and GCSAA members providing helpful training that features:
- Methods to determine when they could want help.
- Methods to acknowledge when others on their group might use assist.
- The triggers inherent amongst turf grass professionals’ behaviors affecting others.
The panel can be led by GCSAA CEO Rhett Evans, who will share how this subject impacts the turfgrass {industry}. He’ll lead the panel in a spherical robin of questions and solutions, which can conclude with an outline of sources out there from GCSAA to assist members.
(Hailey Garrett/GCSAA)
The panel consists of:
- Jim Croxton, CEO British and Worldwide Golf Greenkeepers Affiliation (BIGGA), sharing how the U.Ok. is coping with the same challenges confronted within the U.S.
- Lori A. Hoffner, professional in psychological well being professional and president of Supporting CommUnity, providing a roadmap to grasp the indicators indicating when you must attain out for help and sources to assist. She’s going to concentrate on resiliency, focus on the resistance to hunt help and ignore indicators of stress, after which present sources out there to “care for your self.”
- Miranda Robinson, a GCSAA member, operations supervisor for the British Columba Golf Superintendents Affiliation and communications supervisor for the Canadian Golf Superintendents Affiliation, will present how one can determine when somebody in your group could need assistance and how one can method them. She’s going to share her story of serving to herself and others.
- GCSAA Previous President Pete Grass, CGCS, superintendent at Hilands Golf Membership in Billings, Mont., presents his expertise of figuring out how the perfectionist and detail-oriented work of superintendents creates a psychological well being problem .
“Psychological well being is a vital a part of an total wellness routine, and this session was designed to supply insights you possibly can apply towards your personal wellness and to assist others,” stated Evans. “It’s necessary to attend, not only for your self, however to discover ways to acknowledge when these round you are in want.”
To register to attend the 2023 GCSAA Convention and Commerce Present and be taught extra about this added session go to www.GCSAAConference.com. This session is free for attendees and your total facility group is inspired to attend.
About GCSAA
The Golf Course Superintendents Affiliation of America (GCSAA) is a number one golf group in the USA. Its focus is on golf course administration, and since 1926 GCSAA has been the highest skilled affiliation for the women and men who handle golf programs within the U.S. and worldwide. From its headquarters in Lawrence, Kan., the affiliation offers training, data and illustration to greater than 19,000 members in additional than 78 nations. The affiliation’s mission is to serve its members, advance their career and enhance communities via enjoyment, progress and vitality of the sport of golf. Go to GCSAA at www.gcsaa.org or discover us on Fb or Twitter. Go to our industry-leading journal at GCMonline.com.
The GCSAA Basis is the philanthropic group of the GCSAA. Its mission is to safe funding and assist to strengthen advocacy, training, and analysis that advances the work of golf course administration professionals. Go to the Basis at www.gcsaa.org/basis.
Contact:
Angela Hartmann
Director, Communications
Cellphone: 800-472-7878, ext. 3647 or 785-393-1361 (cell)
ahartmann@gcsaa.org
Mike Strauss
Supervisor, Media Relations
Cellphone: 800-472-7878, ext. 5164
mstrauss@gcsaa.org
