Bill McBride’s Club Industry Leadership Track Update
Club Industry 2015, October 7-9, was the best Club Industry Show I've attended in recent memory. The energy and buzz were palatable, and I, personally, was thrilled for Club Industry as an organization and our industry at large. Everyone who knows me knows that I bleed IHRSA in every way, yet I also love Club Industry as the show I started with in my career as an attendee working at a small club in Fayetteville, North Carolina and the first show I presented at on a national basis. I believe in a big tent. The IHRSA Show is typically on the West Coast, but it will be in Orlando, Florida, March 21-24, 2016.
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Active Wellness, LLC, is working to make health and wellness more accessible than ever. The management company, which was founded as a subsidiary of Active Acquisition Partners in June 2015, operates the Active Sports Clubs, as well as more than 45 corporate, residential, medical and community fitness centers across the country. Earlier this month the company announced a new partnership with St. Joseph Health (SJH) to develop new models for health, wellness and illness prevention in both the work and residential setting.
While it has been reported that our ancestors have been on earth for approximately six million years, the human form in its modern capacity only evolved about 200,000 years ago. Our more modern day civilization is really only about 6,000 years old, with the 1800s bringing in industrialization. In the scope of things, that's a relatively short amount of time to really get ourselves sorted out with business productivity, work place relationships, handling dysfunction, etc. all while producing results in a dynamically changing environment.
Michael Porter is a prolific author in the genre of American business strategies. Among the topics that he covers is the concept of substitutes. Think about how Netflix killed Blockbuster – home delivery and streaming content with no need to go to a bricks and mortar location. On the other hand, grocery and food delivery services have not made any significant dent in the restaurant industry. Why have restaurants survived the convenience revolution? Here are some reasons...
Bill McBride is a health club industry veteran. He has worked in all aspects of sales, marketing, leadership, management, member experience and operations. He currently serves as the Co-Founder, President & CEO of Active Sports Clubs/Active Wellness. He also is the Founder, President & CEO of BMC3. He has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for IHRSA and MACMA (Mid-Atlantic Club Management Association), been a Board Member on ACE’s Industry Advisory Panel, Club Business Pro’s Advisory Panel, The Wellness Health Education Advisory Board and was a contributing faculty member of Club Success Magazine.
I have known Bill for many years. Most recently, his Company became a client of ours at GlobalFit. He is a great partner who always does what he agrees to do - and he does it in a timely manner. It has been a great pleasure working with him.