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Getting ahead in the business world sometimes means knowing how to play the game — the game, in this case, being golf.
Students at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business were hitting balls instead of books recently, in a seminar on the etiquette of golf, said the school’s Matthew Fox.
“First impressions are always really important in any situation,” he said, adding that degrees prepare students to do their chosen jobs, but a quick lesson in golf etiquette gives them peripheral skills essential to success.
The 90-minute course was given by Stu Chan, the head golf coach at the University of Calgary, who said graduating business students are often invited to corporate golf events.
“I don’t know that a lot of deals are done on the golf course anymore but I think it’s still a huge part of networking,” he said. “Your average player tends to have a lot of impatience with people who don’t really know what they’re doing.” The course included tips on where to stand and when it’s OK to talk.
If business grads make a good first impression, Chan feels they will master the key skill of networking. “I think we all know, a lot of times it’s who you know, not necessarily what you know.”
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Article Source: CBCNews
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