TODAY’S MANAGER
CIRCLE OF STARS Kris Glaubitz has drawn on strong mentoring relationships and his own extensive management experience to help Congressional CC attain new levels of excellence, while also earning personal “Rising Star” recognition. By Joe Barks, Editor
Long before it was popularized in movies and at drive-thru windows, “pay it forward” was established as an integral part of the club management profession, through the industry’s strong emphasis on the value of professional networks and the importance of mentoring relationships. And a textbook model for how well networking and mentoring can be used to develop talent and foster exceptional performance can be found in the career arc of Kris Glaubitz, CCM, the Food and Beverage Director of Congressional Country Club (CCC) in Bethesda, Md., and the 2020 recipient of “Rising Star” honors through the Excellence in Club Management Awards (see box, pg. 53). Like many, Glaubitz’s first exposure to the club business came when he was only focused on an immediate, short-term need: finding a part-time
job while in college. But after working at a ClubCorp property as he finished his degree in Business Management at Texas State University, Glaubitz—also like many—didn’t immediately think of considering clubs as an option for full-time employment. “Following my graduation, I did not know you could make clubs a career,” he says. “So I got a ‘real’ job where you don’t have to work nights, weekends and holidays—but I soon realized that I was not going to be fulfilled in that environment.” Glaubitz’s work as a banquet server while in college, though, had made a lasting impression on Tony Mowles, the Banquet Manager who had hired him for that job and then advanced in his own career to become a General Manager at Wildflower Country Club in Temple, Texas. Mowles gave Glaubitz an opportunity to come back into clubs as
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