From the TVSFMA President

Leading by Example

I'm sure if you are like me, summer has been an extremely busy time, I hope you can break away for some time with the people who matter.

The TVSFMA board held a successful meeting in July, in the city of Murfreesboro at the Siegel soccer park. Thank you so much to Shane Lamb and his crew for hosting us. Also a big thank you to all of our members, and vendors who make all this possible.

We are also looking forward to our fall meeting on November 1st at Michael Buchanon Park in Bowling Green, KY. I am setting a challenge for the members of the board to each bring one new member, and I would like to extend that challenge to our sponsors and members. We as the board are excited about where we are headed, and we want you to be a part of the journey.

Thinking about leadership and the pressure we all put on ourselves as groundskeepers to grow not only grass, but people. We do this by leading by example, working hard, and teaching. Usually when we need to finish something, we stay late or we are the ones on the weekend that come in to work. But what if we allow our teams to be the ones to stay late or come in extra, and we trust them to do what we have taught them? What if we lead by showing them family time and time away is more important than grass? There is an unwritten honor code in the industry of how many hours we work, and I feel this is what’s keeping the youth from joining the industry. So let’s start leaving on time and taking those trips, I promise that app can wait an extra day.

Take care of yourself and each other,

John D. Clintsman

TVSFMA President