Mike Whan (CEO of USGA) on Strategic Pillars at USGA, Global Media Rights at LPGA, Youth Development Programs, Celebrating Your Failures

This is the Excellent Leadership Podcast! We are back for Season 2! Chad Biagini (President, Excel Search & Advisory) & Mark Mayleben (Partner, Excel Search & Advisory) is here with our thirtieth guest, Mike Whan (CEO of USGA) on to discuss:Intro (:02) Shooting in Arnie’s Place & Going from Toothpaste to Tee Boxes by becoming GM of Wilson Golf (:49) Working at Procter & Gamble & Bringing rescue hybrids to market (5:03) Consumer trends in the golf market & The importance of building a leadership team that isn’t just like you (14:20)Building a culture that allows for challenging of the CEO & Managing up to the board (19:47) Boards that are desperate for transformation & The meeting to become Commisioner of LPGA (25:57) The Importance of Global Media Rights at LPGA & Traveling the world for work (37:49)Becoming CEO of USGA & The Strategic Pillars to focus on from the beginning (44:04) Golf youth development programs & Remembering when it was a struggle to keep sponsors (49:48) Packaging complex information to communicate them effectively & Advice to other CEOs who have never had a chair/board (54:09)CEO Interview presentation & Celebrating your failures (1:04:26)Allowing yourself to not be the smartest person in the room & The value of taking arrows for your team (1:10:23) 7 Question Blitz (1:14:11)  Subscribe To Full Episodes & Clips on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ExcellentLeadershipPodcast Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/excellent-leadership-podcast/id1756992305 Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4KU2g2Baee7a5d04fQfSzs Subscribe on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/b52f086a-0266-4345-be4d-bb8a7cde89fd/EXCELLENT-LEADERSHIP-PODCAST?ref=dm_sh_iGzHwozj5FaE9BcH829Nv8GBz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices