World Class Speakers
The most distinguished leaders from the hospitality industry and beyond join us for expertly moderated discussions, offering invaluable insights into the strategies that drive success. Learn directly from those at the forefront of excellence, equipping yourself with the knowledge and tools to elevate your career, advance with confidence, and achieve more.
Targeted Workshops
Elevate your expertise as we dive deep into real-world challenges, opportunities, and solutions guided by our presenters' focused insights. These dynamic monthly discussions foster collaboration, ignite innovation, and empower you with the strategies needed to overcome obstacles and achieve greater success together.
A Network Like No Other
The Director’s Club is an exclusive community of industry leaders, dedicated to educating, inspiring, and shaping the future of success in the Racquets and Hospitality Industry. This exclusive network ignites powerful connections, fosters groundbreaking insights, and sets the stage for the next level of excellence!
Discussion Schedule
05/11/2026 / @7:00PM EST. - "The Next Chapter"
Featuring: Todd Harbour
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What happens when everything is working?
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The team is thriving. The culture is strong. Results are exceeding expectations. By every outward measure, you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be. And yet—there’s a quiet voice asking a difficult question: Is this still where I’m meant to be?
This talk explores one of the most complex and least discussed moments in leadership—the decision to move on when things are not broken, but exceptional.
Too often, leaders wait for dissatisfaction, burnout, or decline to justify change. But the most intentional leaders understand something different: growth doesn’t always come from fixing what’s wrong. Sometimes, it comes from having the awareness and courage to leave something great in pursuit of what’s next.
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Through an honest and reflective lens, this session walks through the emotional and strategic weight of that decision. We’ll revisit a period of meaningful success—what made it special, what made it work—and why, despite all of that, the next step became clear. You’ll hear what it actually feels like to wrestle with that choice: the gratitude, the doubt, the fear of the unknown, and the pull toward something more.
This isn’t about chasing change for the sake of change. It’s about recognizing when you’ve fulfilled your role, when your impact has reached its natural peak, and when staying might be more comfortable—but not more meaningful.
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We will walk away with a deeper understanding of how to evaluate their own season of leadership. You’ll gain perspective on how to balance loyalty with growth, success with self-awareness, and stability with the courage to evolve. Most importantly, you’ll begin to think differently about timing—not as a reaction to circumstances, but as a proactive, purposeful choice.
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Because the hardest moves in leadership aren’t always about fixing what’s broken.
Sometimes, they’re about honoring what’s been built… and still having the courage to turn the page.
06/22/2026 / @7:00PM EST. - "Reflections that shape us"
Featuring: Jack Gropple
What if you didn’t have to wait years or decades to gain the perspective?
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So much of what we call “wisdom” is often the result of time, mistakes, and hindsight. It’s earned through moments we didn’t see clearly until they were behind us. But what if perspective didn’t have to be something we stumble into later? What if it could be developed intentionally right now?
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In this thought-provoking and deeply reflective conversation, Dr. Jack Groppel brings a lifetime of experience working with elite performers, leaders, and organizations to explore one essential question: Is perspective a function of time, or a skill we can build today?
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Together, we’ll step back and examine the defining moments that shape a career and a life. Through stories, lessons learned, and honest reflection, this session invites you to consider what you might do differently if you had the clarity now that typically only comes with hindsight. What would you tell your younger self? What decisions would you approach differently? And perhaps more importantly, what’s stopping you from applying those insights today?
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This talk is not about regret. It’s about awareness.
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It’s about understanding how experiences both successes and failures form the lens through which we lead, decide, and grow. You’ll hear powerful insights on how high performers process challenges, extract meaning, and turn reflection into forward momentum. More importantly, you’ll learn how to create that same level of awareness without needing to “learn the hard way.”
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We will walk away with practical ways to accelerate their own growth: how to pause with intention, how to reflect with purpose, and how to seek perspective beyond their immediate experience. You’ll be challenged to rethink the belief that time alone creates wisdom and instead embrace the idea that perspective can be pursued, practiced, and strengthened starting today.
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Because the goal isn’t just to look back and understand your journey. It’s to use that understanding to shape who you become next without waiting for time to do the work for you.
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3/23/2026 / @7:00PM EST. - "Building Resilience Through Adversity"
Featuring: Jim Loehr
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The Directors Club is excited to announce Meeting 47, “Building Resilience Through Adversity with Jim Loehr,” on Monday, March 23rd, 2026, at 7:00 PM EST.
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Join us for an inspiring conversation with Jim Loehr, a legendary performance psychologist and author who has spent decades helping elite athletes and executives thrive under pressure.
Jim’s work reveals that resilience is not a fixed trait but a skill forged through adversity, sacrifice, and intentional practice.
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Jim will share personal stories and insights from a career dedicated to understanding what drives high performance. He will explore how setbacks, challenges, and difficult choices can become catalysts for growth, and how discipline, mental toughness, and purposeful action turn obstacles into opportunities.
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This discussion will challenge conventional ideas about success, reframing adversity as a stepping stone rather than a barrier. Jim’s perspective is both deeply human and rigorously practical, providing tools to navigate pressure, recover from failure, and emerge stronger in every area of life.
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Whether you’re leading a team, growing a business, or pursuing personal excellence, this conversation will leave you reflecting on your own capacity for resilience and equipping you with strategies to thrive when the stakes are highest.
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Don’t miss this rare opportunity to learn from one of the world’s foremost experts in human performance—someone whose life and work embody the power of resilience in action.
