September 25, 2025 • 27 mins
What happens when you throw over 30 club professionals into BMW M cars and let them rip around a professional racetrack? Pure magic—and unexpected leadership lessons that no conference room could ever provide.
Management in Motion 2025 began as a casual conversation with the GM of Monticello Motor Club during a podcast interview. What started as a simple track visit evolved into a full-blown event combining adrenaline, education, and authentic connection among club leaders who share a passion for high-performance experiences.
The two-day adventure featured everything from drag racing in BMW M2s, M3s, and M5s to navigating the infamous skid pad (imagine a wet Costco floor with rear-wheel drive cars and all safety features disabled). We mixed in peer-to-peer leadership talks from established club GMs who connected their motorsport experiences directly to club management principles. Rather than generic professional speakers, we deliberately created space for club leaders to share their authentic insights with peers who truly understand the unique challenges of our industry.
Among the ten key lessons I took away: everything costs more and takes longer than you think; your vibe truly attracts your tribe; people don't need to participate in everything to find value; the quietest attendees often have the most powerful reactions; and unique experiences always beat generic ones. Perhaps most humbling was realizing that some people attended simply because my name was attached to the event—a level of trust that carries tremendous responsibility.
The event wouldn't have been possible without incredible sponsors who embraced the vision immediately, including Monticello Motor Club, Kennis Member Vetting, GSI, Members First, and Northstar. Their support even extended to funding scholarships for Club Management Association students to attend and network with established professionals.
For clubs looking to create similar magic, the formula is surprisingly simple: niche down to create specialized experiences, be the glue that connects people with shared interests, and don't be afraid to try something completely different. The most powerful moments often happened without words—just a smile, a head shake, or a high-five that communicated more than any conversation could.
If you missed Management in Motion this year, don't worry—we're already planning for 2026, and it will be bigger, faster, and even more impactful. Ready to swap your boardroom for a racetrack and discover leadership lessons at 100 MPH?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In this episode I'm going to tell you what happens
when you throw over 30 clubprofessionals into BMW M cars,
rip them around the track in abunch of different experiences
and then deal them into pokernight, among just a few things.
This is a behind-the-sceneslook episode of Management in
Motion, the craziest event I'veever put on and the 10 lessons
(00:22):
that I learned doing it, fromunexpected costs to sponsors
saving the day, to why thequietest person in the room gave
me the biggest smile.
We cover it all Now real quick.
What sparked this whole thingin general was just a fluke.
I was having a really coolconversation with Yorub, the GM
(00:42):
of Monticello Motor Club, for anepisode here on Private Club
Radio and, seeing how close wewere only like 90 minutes away
from each other he just invitedme up to the track and for me I
love procrastination.
So any way for me to get out ofthe house to go do something
else I shouldn't be doing, I amall about it.
So of course I made the trek upand I just got an amazing tour
(01:03):
and got to meet and connect withYanel and his whole team and
staff and everybody there, andafterwards I jokingly said to
him oh man, I would love to do afun thing here called
management in motion.
I don't even know if I had thename for it yet, but I said it'd
be fun to do like a leadershipthing here to bring in speakers
(01:24):
and do do some fun stuff.
And he mentioned how some ofthe chapters have come and done
just like driving stuff and Isaid, yeah, but I want to expand
on that.
Like I wanted to bring in otherGMs and I and I knew who they
were already in my head I knewit was going to be Joe Smith of
Countryside and Luann, becausethey were guests on here and we
talked, talked about and I justhappen to know that they're big
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on cars and vehicles and in thetrack in different capacities.
So I knew in my head thosewould be the speakers and I knew
that's what I wanted.
And he just said done.
And then I was talking to mybuddy, sean Blyle, um, and he
said, dude, you have to do it.
And the more I thought about it, I actually put it.
I didn't really start pushingit because I was nervous, I was
(02:07):
really anxious to even get itstarted.
To do something is scary and toput your name on something is
scary.
But then, after thinking aboutit, I was given this gift.
You know, yanell gave me thisamazing gift, opportunity, this
ability to host an event thereand, uh, at a price that was
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amazing for everybody.
And I want to do something fun,something fun for our niche and
something that is brings it allfull circle into the club world
, from what we're doing on thetrack and what that relates to
club leadership and management,blending education, adrenaline,
connection.
And we did it, baby.
So it ended up being a Sundaynight reception at the
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Monticello Motor Club house,which they have like two
separate facilities fordifferent events and things.
But we had a Sunday nightreception at the clubhouse where
a bunch of us hung out andnetworked and ate some great
food, had a couple of drinks andjust had a really, really fun
night.
And from there we moved over toResorts World Catskills, which
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was where we all stayed becausethere's really no other options
up there, but Monticello MotorClub is in the works of building
their own hotel, so that'll begreat, and a lot of us hung out
and networked and connected andenjoyed each other's company.
After that Monday it was all daybreakfast, lunch, dinner,
driving, leadership, fun.
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We had a bunch of differentdriving experiences.
We had the hot laps at it.
We had drag racing with BMW M2s, 3s and 5s.
They were just ripping.
Oh my goodness, that was somuch fun.
We did the skid pad, which wasmy favorite, the absolute
favorite.
Basically, a Costco floor withthe sprinklers on it and a
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rear-wheel drive M2 with all thesafety features turned off.
You have to do this little smallcourse as course, uh, as
quickly as you can, but you itis very slippery, uh, and that
car just whips very easily.
And that was my favorite part.
I didn't care about doing itfast, I cared about doing it for
style points, uh.
So I spent a lot of my my timethere, uh and uh.
(04:18):
We'll go back to it and I'lltell you why.
But actually I was telling younow because it was one of the
points that you get to seepeople react and have a good
time.
And not everybody was in thecars at the same time, so a
group of us.
You can hang out there and justwatch.
So I just kind of floatedaround the whole day.
Then we did some follow theleaders, lead follows, which is
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where a bunch of people were ina straight line and just follow
each other through the course.
And then there was a smallmushroom course like a little
auto X where we did some reallyfun fast stuff.
We did go-kart competitions andthen we ended with the hot laps
, which was so much fun.
That's where their drivers takeyou in the car and show you
really how the cars can andshould be driven and how the
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track is really supposed to beused, and that's when you find
out how slow you're really going.
You were going, uh, but it wasjust a really fun time.
Then after that there was apoker tournament that I hosted
in the at at resorts world.
But yeah, that is probably themost nervous I have been in
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quite a while, because I've beenon TV, you know, not huge, huge
shows, but still, like you know, over a million viewers each
plus, and I've done sold outshows.
I've done club shows, corporategigs, mc.
I've done a lot and you'realways anxious, but I was
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anxious for this.
My stomach was in knots fordays.
I think it's different whenyour name, your reputation,
you're like I was hosting this,but I was like actually hosting
it.
You know it's different whenit's you're sharing that dual
role.
You know being both host of theevent and host of people
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floating between groups makingconnections.
It was very, very unique,definitely learned some things.
And yeah, I just figured hey,I'll just give a brain dump and
it's about 10 lessons of thingsthat I learned and just took
away from Management in Motion2025.
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Everything just costs more, it'sjust always going to be more,
and just everything ends upcosting more than you think.
So these are just 10 lessons,10 quick things that I've just
brain dumped about managementand motion 2025.
Number one everything costsmore than you think.
It ends up costing more, it'llbe more.
Everything just ends up costingmore than you think.
Number two everything takeslonger than you think.
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It might not always be a ton oftime, but it just takes longer
than you think.
Emails, phone calls, wranglingpeople, moving people Just
everything takes a little bitlonger than you think.
Number three your vibe attractsyour tribe.
My goal for management emotionwas getting the right people in
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the right room, and we'realready a niche industry, so I
wanted to niche it out even moreand I just knew if I can just
get more of the right people inthe right room, then next time
we're at conference or adifferent event or a BMI or just
doing something else, you'llsee that person and go hey,
remember how much fun we have.
Or even if they, you know you.
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Just there's a differentconnection, there's a different
vibe there, so your vibeattracts your tribe.
Number four is people don'tneed to do everything to love it
, and I assumed everybody comingwas not necessarily a gearhead,
because I knew a lot of peopleweren't.
But I think sometimes you forgetpeople have different comfort
levels and when it comes todifferent things and I, you know
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, I think in my head I saw a fewdifferent people, maybe not
doing everything or maybe notlooking as excited or as happy,
and in your head you're like, oh, something, everything okay,
and you realize that they'rehaving a great time, but
everyone just enjoys itdifferently and they don't
always have to be doing it orinvolved in it to still be
enjoying it and having a goodtime with it.
Everyone has their own comfortlevels and especially when we're
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doing stuff that you know on atrack and in cars that a lot of
people don't normally get todrive and experience and really
put the pedal to the metal for alack of a better word to really
you know, when you're reallybehind the wheel moving and
grooving like it's.
It's, it's nerve wracking, it'senticing.
But you know some of the bestnotes that I got from people who
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were the ones who were the, whowere the quietest, uh, so you
know, you don't need to, noteverybody needs to engage and be
involved in everything activelyto still love it, enjoy it and
have a good time.
And that comes to number five,which is the quietest.
People sometimes give the bestreactions.
Everybody enjoys thingsdifferently.
Everyone takes things indifferently.
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Number six unique beats,generic differently.
Number six unique beats generic.
And in all aspects to me I knew,with management emotion, I
didn't want professionalspeakers.
When I say professionalspeakers, I mean not like a
hired gun and they are prospeakers and they're going to
come talk about something.
I wanted peer to peer.
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I wanted this to be raw, forlack of a better word, since we
were kind of getting raw drivingand like the raw tires and
rubber.
But you know, I wanted thepeople who were coming in, joe
and Luann.
You know they're.
They're great speakers, butthey're not professional
speakers, like they don't.
They didn't give these talksanywhere else and they probably
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may not ever again.
Uh, maybe in some capacity, butnot like this in this scenario
Because it was hey, how do Ibring if we're already bringing
these niche people together, howdo we already get even?
How do we dig down more and justmake this so ingrained and
involved long long time clubpeople and how you know from
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young ages and how that relatesto what they do on the track and
vice versa.
I just thought it was reallyreally cool just to get the
insights and just listen andwatching people listen and take
it all in.
And then we go out and dodriving stuff and you know it's
the little conversations inbetween and the uh, all of all
of that.
So unique beats generic.
I didn't want all of this fundriving stuff.
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And then here's Bob talkingabout AI.
If I probably would have hadthat, it would have been fine,
it would have been good, but tome, I really wanted to make this
as specific, engaged and aboutthis as possible.
Number seven is some people camejust because my name was on it
and that was scary, because Ifeel like there's like a
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different level ofresponsibility there, because
when people come and you knowthey're coming just because your
name is on it, who man there's?
There's a level ofresponsibility there that I was
not ready for, just knowing youhave that little bit of power or
influence, or just people trustyou that much that they go, hey
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, if your name is on it, we knowit's going to be good or it's
going to be fun.
And it's also just arealization to know that people
follow you and, you know,believe in you for some of that
stuff.
So you know, um, there arepeople who will come just
because your name is on stuff.
Uh, and it's cool and it'sunique and it's a interesting
feeling.
Number eight sponsors a loss ofwords for the amount of quick
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embracement I don't even know ifthat's a good phrase, I don't
know if that's proper English,but the, the, the support I got
for management, emotion, um,from partners, sponsors, and
it's unreal.
So huge shout-outs.
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We had so many sponsors therebut huge shout-outs to A-First
Yenel, the Monticello Motor Club.
Without them it would have notbeen possible.
They hooked it up.
What they normally charge ahealthy sum of money for and
money is relative to all of us.
But what they normally charge ahealthy sum of money for and
money is relative to all of us.
But what they normally charge alot of people a lot of money
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for uh.
But because yunel is one of us,a club leader, a club manager,
and he hooked it tf up.
So him, the whole team, andhooked it up in a way beyond
anybody I've seen hook it up.
Thank you to him, the entireteam.
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Listen, if you're in theNortheast, even if you want to
fly a group in, he will workwith you and your team.
He will give you the mostamazing experience.
So if you guys want to bringsome of your members there,
reach out.
They would have the mostfantastic time.
We have Paul Dank, dan Klemekat Kennis Member Vetting.
You hear me talk about themhere on the channel.
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They've been OG partners fromday one and I've clicked with
them since day one.
I love them, what they have tooffer, all their products, and I
knew when I did Management inMotion it was going to cost and
take more than what ticketswe're going to bring in and all
of that.
And I said, hey, I'm planningthis thing and without missing a
beat, they were both all in, athousand percent, all in.
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So huge shout outs to them.
They are changing the game inmembership vetting.
So if you're looking for waysto vet your new members, really
take control of your culture andwho's coming into your club.
Check out membervettingcom.
Manny at GSI.
From the moment I told him thewhole thing because I also knew
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it's so weird.
When I had this day planned Iknew everything that I wanted to
have happen and I knew part ofit was going to be a poker
tournament and I was chattingwith Manny about something else.
I try to talk with everybody.
I'm a big connector, I lovepeople.
And we were just chit-chattingand I was like, hey, I got this
thing cooking and I told him thewhole day and he, without
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missing a beat, said I want toparticipate, I want to help, I
want you know, if I want to belike a, like a poker sponsor.
And uh, I didn't even know Iwas having a poker sponsor until
he brought that up.
He was just willing and wantingto help and be a part and just
saw the vision and what I hadplanned and this whole big fun
day.
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And he's also a big fun carperson and we've bonded over
poker and cars and all of that.
So you know, that was justreally cool.
Sean Blyle, in Members First,you know me and Sean talk more
than we'd like to admit, noteven about club stuff, just life
, marketing, branding.
We just love it all.
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So, my man, thank you.
So, so, so, so much.
Now, all of this would benothing without amazing footage,
and Brandon Stearns isunbelievable.
He's currently doing all of thecontent videography,
photography, everything forPhilly Cricket Club and former
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police officer turned to theclub world.
He was also a car person and hejumped on board and he took all
the footage and we're going tohave amazing footage.
So I can't wait for all of thatto come out.
Check him out.
He's on LinkedIn, brandonStearns.
He is growing his portfolio anddoing a lot more clubs besides
just Philly Cricket Club.
So if you're interested ingetting some really great
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content filmed at your club fromthe course inside, interested
in getting some really greatcontent filmed at your club from
the course inside, outsidephotography, videography, drone
work, you name it he doesabsolutely amazing stuff.
Reach out, just wait till yousee what comes out in the next
couple of weeks from management,emotion, it's, it's unreal and
and check it out.
Check him out, oh, brandon,thank you.
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So, so, so much.
Garrett bows and North star.
You know, uh, I'm I'm startingto do some more more stuff with
North star.
I'm do some more more stuffwith nordstar.
I'm I'm going out to do theiruser conference, which is next
month in orlando.
They they tag team it with thehftp conference conference, but
they do a user conference andthey're the only group that does
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this.
So if you're a nordstar user,you know you can go and learn
and dive in and dig in and learnhow to get the most out of your
nordstar experience in theproduct.
So they were, they found outabout management in motion and
they were and learn how to getthe most out of your Northstar
experience and the product.
So they found out aboutManagement in Motion and they
were like, hey, how do we getinvolved?
So they sent Garrett Bowes andGarrett, I love you, bud, but
I'm coming after that belt, I'mso mad.
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You won, garrett won the pokertournament at night.
It was a heated, heated battleand you rivered the full house,
reminded me of back when joshparis knocked, knocked me out,
but uh, no, it was him versussandra petty, and it was, it was
.
It was great to have you there,garrett.
North star gang.
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Thank you.
So, so, so, so much.
You know I was, uh when, when Iwas doing all of this, I thought
it'd be neat to engage with theyouths more.
Engage with the youths.
And I was reaching out, I waschatting with Sean and what kind
of stemmed from that.
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So I wanted to give back to thecommunity a bit more, and by
that I meant the youth community, the youths.
I thought, oh, how cool wouldit be to have a CMA, a student,
come to this and be a part andbe able to network and engage
and be a part of the whole day.
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And not one, but two people,without missing a beat, said we
will help, we will pay for theirticket, and people just
automatically reach out andsupport sending students there.
And that is Brian Langhorst.
Eustace Chairs American madewooden chairs stackable.
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One of the chair that yourmembers need to sit on, sit
happens.
You know what I mean?
No, uh, but but but Brian, uh,kenneth's member vetting and
Sean they all were were a partof of helping get students to
the event.
So we had about, I think, 15applicants, uh, because I also
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made sure that they had to sendin a video of why they thought
they were the right fit, and twoof the sponsors picked who they
wanted to come.
So thanks to them for helpingallow.
We had two CMA students, bothfrom UMass Amherst, ironically
enough, which is pretty funny,but thanks to them for allowing
them to come, as well as myself,I'll throw myself into the ring
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If you are looking for a funevent for your club.
It's a comedy, magic and mindreading show, primarily crowd
work, focused really big ongetting into the crowd and
working with people and justhaving a good time.
There's excitement, there'smystery.
Also there's magic, mindreading and comedy.
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A ton of laughs, gasps and holycraps.
Now book it for 2026.
If you're interested, let meknow.
Number nine is you need to bethe glue, a good host, a good
event.
Whenever you're just doingthings and I think, just as a
human in person, be the glue.
Make sure no one is standingalone, make sure people know
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each other, know names, knowabout people and know a little
bit about as many people in theroom as you can, so you can go
and making sure the right peopleare being connected to the
right people.
You can go and making sure theright people are being connected
to the right people.
I think that is super and superimportant, especially when it
is your own events.
And number 10, mistakes happenand that is okay.
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Nothing major happened for this,thank goodness.
No, you know all just little,tiny, small hiccups, nothing
disastrous, I just know I shouldhave.
You know, I went against my gutfor one thing and it was with
the, with the, with the sound,if anybody cares.
But I I just went against my mygut and regretted it.
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But if that's the worst thingthat happens all day is a little
bit you know, a small soundthing then now that, then I
guess you can say the damn was.
They was pretty damn good.
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Yeah, so I, those were in noparticular order, it was just
random thoughts that I wrotedown after reflecting a couple
days later.
I needed a couple of days todecompress, not going to lie.
Uh, it's been a, it's been awild, wild fall so far, and that
was just a lot of uh, a lot on,a lot on the brain, a lot on,
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you know, a lot of a lot, a lot,a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, a
lot.
Um, but yeah, it was cool justseeing the different people, the
different personalities and howjust different people love
different things.
There were so many funexperiences and just hearing
what people enjoyed the most,what scared people the most, and
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the magic wasn't just cars orpoker.
It was the joy, it was thespeed, it was the education, it
was everything all in the sameplace.
I think that's why I loved thisso much, and I think it's why I
love magic so much.
It's because I like seeingpeople react.
I like seeing people have agood time, and this was watching
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people had having a reallygreat time.
Some of my favorite momentswere just not even of any words.
It was just people coming upand just either giving me a hug
or a high five or a dab or justsomething, and just the head
shake with a smile or a laughand just no words.
But you could just tell wowwithout having words being said.
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And I think clubs can apply thisand use this too.
It's don't just copy what'sbeen done.
Niche down, niche down in yourclub.
Find members who enjoy reallyweird things and create unique
experiences for them and, mostimportantly, connect your people
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, staff, connect people together.
Niche down, have a viewingparty for really weird shows and
invite not just the members,but invite the staff too.
I don't know Create uniqueexperiences.
How can you and we all havethese softwares right.
We all have these amazingsoftwares that we use and have
data on.
(23:23):
Why not pool your data inunique ways?
Can you see where maybe certainpeople were at the same events
and you know that they justdon't connect?
Maybe I don't know.
I just feel like there's somuch we can do in clubs with the
data that we have and whatpeople like and what they don't
like and all of those differentthings.
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I think we can create reallycool unique experiences in our
clubs, similar to a managementemotion.
Actually, your club can go tomanagement emotion or not
management notion, but you cango to Monticello Motor Club and
have fun there and that's justone of the things you can do and
by that meaning you canprobably members can bring their
own cars.
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You can use the cars that wereall already there Be the glue.
Thank you to all of youlisteners who listen to my
episodes, who listen to meramble, who listen to me talk.
Thank you to the listeners whoshare, who comment, who engage,
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who have been OGs, who are new.
Thank you to all the people whoshare.
Thank you to the attendees whocame, to, the people who had an
idea of what it was and wantedto come, to the ones who had no
clue and showed up.
Thank you to all of you.
It means the absolute world.
I started nervous, ended proud.
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So, yeah, it was so much fun,it was wild.
Thank you to everybody who wasthere.
Thank you to all of you wholisten in and tune in.
Thank you to you.
Now, the Monticello motor clubteam.
Just thank the world.
Um, if you missed year one,don't worry.
Year two is coming.
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Bigger, faster, better, and I'dlove to see you there.
That's this episode.
I'm your host, eddie Corby.
Until next time, catch y'all onthe flippity flip.
In this episode I'm going to tell you what happens
when you throw over 30 clubprofessionals into BMW M cars,
rip them around the track in abunch of different experiences
and then deal them into pokernight, among just a few things.
This is a behind-the-sceneslook episode of Management in
Motion, the craziest event I'veever put on and the 10 lessons
(00:22):
that I learned doing it, fromunexpected costs to sponsors
saving the day, to why thequietest person in the room gave
me the biggest smile.
We cover it all Now real quick.
What sparked this whole thingin general was just a fluke.
I was having a really coolconversation with Yorub, the GM
(00:42):
of Monticello Motor Club, for anepisode here on Private Club
Radio and, seeing how close wewere only like 90 minutes away
from each other he just invitedme up to the track and for me I
love procrastination.
So any way for me to get out ofthe house to go do something
else I shouldn't be doing, I amall about it.
So of course I made the trek upand I just got an amazing tour
(01:03):
and got to meet and connect withYanel and his whole team and
staff and everybody there, andafterwards I jokingly said to
him oh man, I would love to do afun thing here called
management in motion.
I don't even know if I had thename for it yet, but I said it'd
be fun to do like a leadershipthing here to bring in speakers
(01:24):
and do do some fun stuff.
And he mentioned how some ofthe chapters have come and done
just like driving stuff and Isaid, yeah, but I want to expand
on that.
Like I wanted to bring in otherGMs and I and I knew who they
were already in my head I knewit was going to be Joe Smith of
Countryside and Luann, becausethey were guests on here and we
talked, talked about and I justhappen to know that they're big
(01:45):
on cars and vehicles and in thetrack in different capacities.
So I knew in my head thosewould be the speakers and I knew
that's what I wanted.
And he just said done.
And then I was talking to mybuddy, sean Blyle, um, and he
said, dude, you have to do it.
And the more I thought about it, I actually put it.
I didn't really start pushingit because I was nervous, I was
(02:07):
really anxious to even get itstarted.
To do something is scary and toput your name on something is
scary.
But then, after thinking aboutit, I was given this gift.
You know, yanell gave me thisamazing gift, opportunity, this
ability to host an event thereand, uh, at a price that was
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amazing for everybody.
And I want to do something fun,something fun for our niche and
something that is brings it allfull circle into the club world
, from what we're doing on thetrack and what that relates to
club leadership and management,blending education, adrenaline,
connection.
And we did it, baby.
So it ended up being a Sundaynight reception at the
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Monticello Motor Club house,which they have like two
separate facilities fordifferent events and things.
But we had a Sunday nightreception at the clubhouse where
a bunch of us hung out andnetworked and ate some great
food, had a couple of drinks andjust had a really, really fun
night.
And from there we moved over toResorts World Catskills, which
(03:12):
was where we all stayed becausethere's really no other options
up there, but Monticello MotorClub is in the works of building
their own hotel, so that'll begreat, and a lot of us hung out
and networked and connected andenjoyed each other's company.
After that Monday it was all daybreakfast, lunch, dinner,
driving, leadership, fun.
(03:33):
We had a bunch of differentdriving experiences.
We had the hot laps at it.
We had drag racing with BMW M2s, 3s and 5s.
They were just ripping.
Oh my goodness, that was somuch fun.
We did the skid pad, which wasmy favorite, the absolute
favorite.
Basically, a Costco floor withthe sprinklers on it and a
(03:57):
rear-wheel drive M2 with all thesafety features turned off.
You have to do this little smallcourse as course, uh, as
quickly as you can, but you itis very slippery, uh, and that
car just whips very easily.
And that was my favorite part.
I didn't care about doing itfast, I cared about doing it for
style points, uh.
So I spent a lot of my my timethere, uh and uh.
(04:18):
We'll go back to it and I'lltell you why.
But actually I was telling younow because it was one of the
points that you get to seepeople react and have a good
time.
And not everybody was in thecars at the same time, so a
group of us.
You can hang out there and justwatch.
So I just kind of floatedaround the whole day.
Then we did some follow theleaders, lead follows, which is
(04:40):
where a bunch of people were ina straight line and just follow
each other through the course.
And then there was a smallmushroom course like a little
auto X where we did some reallyfun fast stuff.
We did go-kart competitions andthen we ended with the hot laps
, which was so much fun.
That's where their drivers takeyou in the car and show you
really how the cars can andshould be driven and how the
(05:01):
track is really supposed to beused, and that's when you find
out how slow you're really going.
You were going, uh, but it wasjust a really fun time.
Then after that there was apoker tournament that I hosted
in the at at resorts world.
But yeah, that is probably themost nervous I have been in
(05:23):
quite a while, because I've beenon TV, you know, not huge, huge
shows, but still, like you know, over a million viewers each
plus, and I've done sold outshows.
I've done club shows, corporategigs, mc.
I've done a lot and you'realways anxious, but I was
(05:44):
anxious for this.
My stomach was in knots fordays.
I think it's different whenyour name, your reputation,
you're like I was hosting this,but I was like actually hosting
it.
You know it's different whenit's you're sharing that dual
role.
You know being both host of theevent and host of people
(06:11):
floating between groups makingconnections.
It was very, very unique,definitely learned some things.
And yeah, I just figured hey,I'll just give a brain dump and
it's about 10 lessons of thingsthat I learned and just took
away from Management in Motion2025.
(06:40):
Everything just costs more, it'sjust always going to be more,
and just everything ends upcosting more than you think.
So these are just 10 lessons,10 quick things that I've just
brain dumped about managementand motion 2025.
Number one everything costsmore than you think.
It ends up costing more, it'llbe more.
Everything just ends up costingmore than you think.
Number two everything takeslonger than you think.
(07:03):
It might not always be a ton oftime, but it just takes longer
than you think.
Emails, phone calls, wranglingpeople, moving people Just
everything takes a little bitlonger than you think.
Number three your vibe attractsyour tribe.
My goal for management emotionwas getting the right people in
(07:26):
the right room, and we'realready a niche industry, so I
wanted to niche it out even moreand I just knew if I can just
get more of the right people inthe right room, then next time
we're at conference or adifferent event or a BMI or just
doing something else, you'llsee that person and go hey,
remember how much fun we have.
Or even if they, you know you.
(07:46):
Just there's a differentconnection, there's a different
vibe there, so your vibeattracts your tribe.
Number four is people don'tneed to do everything to love it
, and I assumed everybody comingwas not necessarily a gearhead,
because I knew a lot of peopleweren't.
But I think sometimes you forgetpeople have different comfort
levels and when it comes todifferent things and I, you know
(08:10):
, I think in my head I saw a fewdifferent people, maybe not
doing everything or maybe notlooking as excited or as happy,
and in your head you're like, oh, something, everything okay,
and you realize that they'rehaving a great time, but
everyone just enjoys itdifferently and they don't
always have to be doing it orinvolved in it to still be
enjoying it and having a goodtime with it.
Everyone has their own comfortlevels and especially when we're
(08:32):
doing stuff that you know on atrack and in cars that a lot of
people don't normally get todrive and experience and really
put the pedal to the metal for alack of a better word to really
you know, when you're reallybehind the wheel moving and
grooving like it's.
It's, it's nerve wracking, it'senticing.
But you know some of the bestnotes that I got from people who
(08:53):
were the ones who were the, whowere the quietest, uh, so you
know, you don't need to, noteverybody needs to engage and be
involved in everything activelyto still love it, enjoy it and
have a good time.
And that comes to number five,which is the quietest.
People sometimes give the bestreactions.
Everybody enjoys thingsdifferently.
Everyone takes things indifferently.
(09:14):
Number six unique beats,generic differently.
Number six unique beats generic.
And in all aspects to me I knew,with management emotion, I
didn't want professionalspeakers.
When I say professionalspeakers, I mean not like a
hired gun and they are prospeakers and they're going to
come talk about something.
I wanted peer to peer.
(09:35):
I wanted this to be raw, forlack of a better word, since we
were kind of getting raw drivingand like the raw tires and
rubber.
But you know, I wanted thepeople who were coming in, joe
and Luann.
You know they're.
They're great speakers, butthey're not professional
speakers, like they don't.
They didn't give these talksanywhere else and they probably
(09:55):
may not ever again.
Uh, maybe in some capacity, butnot like this in this scenario
Because it was hey, how do Ibring if we're already bringing
these niche people together, howdo we already get even?
How do we dig down more and justmake this so ingrained and
involved long long time clubpeople and how you know from
(10:21):
young ages and how that relatesto what they do on the track and
vice versa.
I just thought it was reallyreally cool just to get the
insights and just listen andwatching people listen and take
it all in.
And then we go out and dodriving stuff and you know it's
the little conversations inbetween and the uh, all of all
of that.
So unique beats generic.
I didn't want all of this fundriving stuff.
(10:42):
And then here's Bob talkingabout AI.
If I probably would have hadthat, it would have been fine,
it would have been good, but tome, I really wanted to make this
as specific, engaged and aboutthis as possible.
Number seven is some people camejust because my name was on it
and that was scary, because Ifeel like there's like a
(11:07):
different level ofresponsibility there, because
when people come and you knowthey're coming just because your
name is on it, who man there's?
There's a level ofresponsibility there that I was
not ready for, just knowing youhave that little bit of power or
influence, or just people trustyou that much that they go, hey
(11:29):
, if your name is on it, we knowit's going to be good or it's
going to be fun.
And it's also just arealization to know that people
follow you and, you know,believe in you for some of that
stuff.
So you know, um, there arepeople who will come just
because your name is on stuff.
Uh, and it's cool and it'sunique and it's a interesting
feeling.
Number eight sponsors a loss ofwords for the amount of quick
(12:03):
embracement I don't even know ifthat's a good phrase, I don't
know if that's proper English,but the, the, the support I got
for management, emotion, um,from partners, sponsors, and
it's unreal.
So huge shout-outs.
(12:23):
We had so many sponsors therebut huge shout-outs to A-First
Yenel, the Monticello Motor Club.
Without them it would have notbeen possible.
They hooked it up.
What they normally charge ahealthy sum of money for and
money is relative to all of us.
But what they normally charge ahealthy sum of money for and
money is relative to all of us.
But what they normally charge alot of people a lot of money
(12:44):
for uh.
But because yunel is one of us,a club leader, a club manager,
and he hooked it tf up.
So him, the whole team, andhooked it up in a way beyond
anybody I've seen hook it up.
Thank you to him, the entireteam.
(13:04):
Listen, if you're in theNortheast, even if you want to
fly a group in, he will workwith you and your team.
He will give you the mostamazing experience.
So if you guys want to bringsome of your members there,
reach out.
They would have the mostfantastic time.
We have Paul Dank, dan Klemekat Kennis Member Vetting.
You hear me talk about themhere on the channel.
(13:25):
They've been OG partners fromday one and I've clicked with
them since day one.
I love them, what they have tooffer, all their products, and I
knew when I did Management inMotion it was going to cost and
take more than what ticketswe're going to bring in and all
of that.
And I said, hey, I'm planningthis thing and without missing a
beat, they were both all in, athousand percent, all in.
(13:48):
So huge shout outs to them.
They are changing the game inmembership vetting.
So if you're looking for waysto vet your new members, really
take control of your culture andwho's coming into your club.
Check out membervettingcom.
Manny at GSI.
From the moment I told him thewhole thing because I also knew
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it's so weird.
When I had this day planned Iknew everything that I wanted to
have happen and I knew part ofit was going to be a poker
tournament and I was chattingwith Manny about something else.
I try to talk with everybody.
I'm a big connector, I lovepeople.
And we were just chit-chattingand I was like, hey, I got this
thing cooking and I told him thewhole day and he, without
(14:34):
missing a beat, said I want toparticipate, I want to help, I
want you know, if I want to belike a, like a poker sponsor.
And uh, I didn't even know Iwas having a poker sponsor until
he brought that up.
He was just willing and wantingto help and be a part and just
saw the vision and what I hadplanned and this whole big fun
day.
(14:54):
And he's also a big fun carperson and we've bonded over
poker and cars and all of that.
So you know, that was justreally cool.
Sean Blyle, in Members First,you know me and Sean talk more
than we'd like to admit, noteven about club stuff, just life
, marketing, branding.
We just love it all.
(15:15):
So, my man, thank you.
So, so, so, so much.
Now, all of this would benothing without amazing footage,
and Brandon Stearns isunbelievable.
He's currently doing all of thecontent videography,
photography, everything forPhilly Cricket Club and former
(15:36):
police officer turned to theclub world.
He was also a car person and hejumped on board and he took all
the footage and we're going tohave amazing footage.
So I can't wait for all of thatto come out.
Check him out.
He's on LinkedIn, brandonStearns.
He is growing his portfolio anddoing a lot more clubs besides
just Philly Cricket Club.
So if you're interested ingetting some really great
(15:56):
content filmed at your club fromthe course inside, interested
in getting some really greatcontent filmed at your club from
the course inside, outsidephotography, videography, drone
work, you name it he doesabsolutely amazing stuff.
Reach out, just wait till yousee what comes out in the next
couple of weeks from management,emotion, it's, it's unreal and
and check it out.
Check him out, oh, brandon,thank you.
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So, so, so much.
Garrett bows and North star.
You know, uh, I'm I'm startingto do some more more stuff with
North star.
I'm do some more more stuffwith nordstar.
I'm I'm going out to do theiruser conference, which is next
month in orlando.
They they tag team it with thehftp conference conference, but
they do a user conference andthey're the only group that does
(16:40):
this.
So if you're a nordstar user,you know you can go and learn
and dive in and dig in and learnhow to get the most out of your
nordstar experience in theproduct.
So they were, they found outabout management in motion and
they were and learn how to getthe most out of your Northstar
experience and the product.
So they found out aboutManagement in Motion and they
were like, hey, how do we getinvolved?
So they sent Garrett Bowes andGarrett, I love you, bud, but
I'm coming after that belt, I'mso mad.
(17:02):
You won, garrett won the pokertournament at night.
It was a heated, heated battleand you rivered the full house,
reminded me of back when joshparis knocked, knocked me out,
but uh, no, it was him versussandra petty, and it was, it was
.
It was great to have you there,garrett.
North star gang.
(17:22):
Thank you.
So, so, so, so much.
You know I was, uh when, when Iwas doing all of this, I thought
it'd be neat to engage with theyouths more.
Engage with the youths.
And I was reaching out, I waschatting with Sean and what kind
of stemmed from that.
(17:42):
So I wanted to give back to thecommunity a bit more, and by
that I meant the youth community, the youths.
I thought, oh, how cool wouldit be to have a CMA, a student,
come to this and be a part andbe able to network and engage
and be a part of the whole day.
(18:03):
And not one, but two people,without missing a beat, said we
will help, we will pay for theirticket, and people just
automatically reach out andsupport sending students there.
And that is Brian Langhorst.
Eustace Chairs American madewooden chairs stackable.
(18:26):
One of the chair that yourmembers need to sit on, sit
happens.
You know what I mean?
No, uh, but but but Brian, uh,kenneth's member vetting and
Sean they all were were a partof of helping get students to
the event.
So we had about, I think, 15applicants, uh, because I also
(18:49):
made sure that they had to sendin a video of why they thought
they were the right fit, and twoof the sponsors picked who they
wanted to come.
So thanks to them for helpingallow.
We had two CMA students, bothfrom UMass Amherst, ironically
enough, which is pretty funny,but thanks to them for allowing
them to come, as well as myself,I'll throw myself into the ring
(19:14):
If you are looking for a funevent for your club.
It's a comedy, magic and mindreading show, primarily crowd
work, focused really big ongetting into the crowd and
working with people and justhaving a good time.
There's excitement, there'smystery.
Also there's magic, mindreading and comedy.
(19:34):
A ton of laughs, gasps and holycraps.
Now book it for 2026.
If you're interested, let meknow.
Number nine is you need to bethe glue, a good host, a good
event.
Whenever you're just doingthings and I think, just as a
human in person, be the glue.
Make sure no one is standingalone, make sure people know
(19:57):
each other, know names, knowabout people and know a little
bit about as many people in theroom as you can, so you can go
and making sure the right peopleare being connected to the
right people.
You can go and making sure theright people are being connected
to the right people.
I think that is super and superimportant, especially when it
is your own events.
And number 10, mistakes happenand that is okay.
(20:19):
Nothing major happened for this,thank goodness.
No, you know all just little,tiny, small hiccups, nothing
disastrous, I just know I shouldhave.
You know, I went against my gutfor one thing and it was with
the, with the, with the sound,if anybody cares.
But I I just went against my mygut and regretted it.
(20:41):
But if that's the worst thingthat happens all day is a little
bit you know, a small soundthing then now that, then I
guess you can say the damn was.
They was pretty damn good.
(21:18):
Yeah, so I, those were in noparticular order, it was just
random thoughts that I wrotedown after reflecting a couple
days later.
I needed a couple of days todecompress, not going to lie.
Uh, it's been a, it's been awild, wild fall so far, and that
was just a lot of uh, a lot on,a lot on the brain, a lot on,
(21:39):
you know, a lot of a lot, a lot,a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, a
lot.
Um, but yeah, it was cool justseeing the different people, the
different personalities and howjust different people love
different things.
There were so many funexperiences and just hearing
what people enjoyed the most,what scared people the most, and
(21:59):
the magic wasn't just cars orpoker.
It was the joy, it was thespeed, it was the education, it
was everything all in the sameplace.
I think that's why I loved thisso much, and I think it's why I
love magic so much.
It's because I like seeingpeople react.
I like seeing people have agood time, and this was watching
(22:20):
people had having a reallygreat time.
Some of my favorite momentswere just not even of any words.
It was just people coming upand just either giving me a hug
or a high five or a dab or justsomething, and just the head
shake with a smile or a laughand just no words.
But you could just tell wowwithout having words being said.
(22:42):
And I think clubs can apply thisand use this too.
It's don't just copy what'sbeen done.
Niche down, niche down in yourclub.
Find members who enjoy reallyweird things and create unique
experiences for them and, mostimportantly, connect your people
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, staff, connect people together.
Niche down, have a viewingparty for really weird shows and
invite not just the members,but invite the staff too.
I don't know Create uniqueexperiences.
How can you and we all havethese softwares right.
We all have these amazingsoftwares that we use and have
data on.
(23:23):
Why not pool your data inunique ways?
Can you see where maybe certainpeople were at the same events
and you know that they justdon't connect?
Maybe I don't know.
I just feel like there's somuch we can do in clubs with the
data that we have and whatpeople like and what they don't
like and all of those differentthings.
(23:43):
I think we can create reallycool unique experiences in our
clubs, similar to a managementemotion.
Actually, your club can go tomanagement emotion or not
management notion, but you cango to Monticello Motor Club and
have fun there and that's justone of the things you can do and
by that meaning you canprobably members can bring their
own cars.
(24:03):
You can use the cars that wereall already there Be the glue.
Thank you to all of youlisteners who listen to my
episodes, who listen to meramble, who listen to me talk.
Thank you to the listeners whoshare, who comment, who engage,
(24:24):
who have been OGs, who are new.
Thank you to all the people whoshare.
Thank you to the attendees whocame, to, the people who had an
idea of what it was and wantedto come, to the ones who had no
clue and showed up.
Thank you to all of you.
It means the absolute world.
I started nervous, ended proud.
(24:44):
So, yeah, it was so much fun,it was wild.
Thank you to everybody who wasthere.
Thank you to all of you wholisten in and tune in.
Thank you to you.
Now, the Monticello motor clubteam.
Just thank the world.
Um, if you missed year one,don't worry.
Year two is coming.
(25:04):
Bigger, faster, better, and I'dlove to see you there.
That's this episode.
I'm your host, eddie Corby.
Until next time, catch y'all onthe flippity flip.
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