The studies shaping private club finance.

The Four Most Common Pitfalls in Strategic Planning

Strategic planning for clubs is an ongoing discipline. Learn four practices that help boards maintain accountability, communication, and governance continuity.

"Losing" Money on Purpose: Why the Best Clubs Treat Food & Beverage Like Their Golf Course

Member dining satisfaction is decided in the kitchen, not the dining room. Club Benchmarking's 2026 F&B whitepaper shows what separates strong club F&B programs from average ones.

2026 Club Board Perspectives

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Brand Drift: The Silent Threat to Generational Club Transitions

Branding is usually treated as a project. The board approves a new logo, a new website, a fresh set of brand guidelines, and considers the job done. But in a club navigating generational turnover, branding is so much more than a project. It's the ongoing translation layer sitting underneath every staff interaction, every capital decision, every piece of governance communication, every referral conversation. It's the thing doing the quiet work of letting a 70-year-old and a 38-year-old sit in the same dining room, and both feel, without having to say it out loud, that they're home.

So You Have a Plan, But Do You Have a Strategy?

Name the culture: who is this club, honestly, at its core. Build the strategy on top of it: given who we are, where are we headed, and what mindset governs our decisions from here. Only then build the plan: what does that direction require us to do this year. Do it in that order, and the plan becomes an expression of something bigger than itself. Do it in reverse, and the club ends up with a very organized to-do list, and nothing underneath it to hold the line when the list gets hard to follow.

Balance is a Myth. Seasons are Real

Balance is a Myth. Seasons are Real. A little bit about professional development in the private club world.

The Ten-Minute Test: What a Club's Culture Reveals Before Anyone Speaks

What a Club's culture reveals before anyone says a word.

You Can't Have Your Cake and Break Even Too: Levers, Choices, & Outcomes of F&B

Food & beverage in clubs is a business, not a budget problem. This whitepaper breaks down the F&B model, break-even, and the levers that drive member value

Why Your Members “Didn’t See the Email”

Why Your Members “Didn’t See the Email”

The Cost of Service Training Nobody Talks About

The Cost of Service Training Nobody Talks About

Navigating Strategic Planning In Private Clubs: Lessons From the Ocean

What a Club's culture reveals before anyone says a word.

Club Benchmarking Whitepaper: Executive Compensation in Private Clubs

How much do private club GMs make? Executive compensation in private clubs. Private club payroll. Club controller CFO, Director of Golf, Executive Chef

Where Governance Ends and Operations Begin

What a Club's culture reveals before anyone says a word.

Reimagining Your Summer Seasonal Racquets Program

Why strategic plans fail without capital alignment. Learn how integrated capital planning strengthens governance, builds trust, and turns strategy into action.

The Annual Board Self-Evaluation: A Missed Opportunity at Most Clubs

Why strategic plans fail without capital alignment. Learn how integrated capital planning strengthens governance, builds trust, and turns strategy into action.

Elevating the Employee Experience: The Mission and Vision Gap

Close the mission gap in private clubs by defining employee purpose, strengthening culture, boosting engagement, and improving the member experience.

Provide the Service Experience Everyone Will Remember

Provide the Service Experience Everyone Will Remember In Your Country Club

It’s Not Strategic OR Capital Planning

Why strategic plans fail without capital alignment. Learn how integrated capital planning strengthens governance, builds trust, and turns strategy into action.

Private Club Boards Leading With Purpose: The Responsibility of Service

Discover how outdated tools like spreadsheets can undermine capital planning for private clubs and HOAs, and why modern asset management platforms offer a better solution.

The Hidden Pitfalls of Capital Planning: When Spreadsheets Create a False Sense of Security

Discover how outdated tools like spreadsheets can undermine capital planning for private clubs and HOAs, and why modern asset management platforms offer a better solution.

2026 Private Clubs Compensation Survey Report

RSM US LLP's annual compensation survey encompasses salary data for 97 roles across Florida's private clubs.

2026 Financial and Operating Trends in Private Clubs

Private club 2026 trends: What GMs, CFOs and boards must prioritize

RSM US highlights private club trends for 2026. Learn more.

Stop Guessing: How to Actually Interview for Fit

When a search goes sideways, it’s rarely because you chose the wrong résumé. It’s usually because you hired the wrong fit. You’re looking for alignment, how someone leads, works, and communicates, and what your club truly needs right now.