Aug. 4, 2025

453: Management in Motion - Reimagining Club Professional Development w/ Denny Corby

Buckle up for the most exhilarating professional development experience ever created for private club leaders! Management in Motion isn't your typical leadership seminar - it's what happens when you combine high-performance driving with transformative leadership insights at one of America's premier private racetracks.

Picture yourself behind the wheel of a BMW M-series vehicle, mastering drag racing, precision driving challenges, and even drifting on the professional track at Monticello Motor Club. Between adrenaline-pumping driving sessions, you'll gain invaluable leadership insights from club professionals who understand both worlds. Ionel Porumb, Monticello Motor Club's visionary GM, will share the fascinating evolution of this unique private club. Josiah Smith, who rose from valet to GM of Countryside Golf and Country Club, will connect his track motorcycle experience to performing under pressure in club leadership. And the incomparable Luann Giovanelli brings her drag racing passion to discussions about building team trust and calculated risk-taking.

What makes this experience truly special is the intimate setting. Limited to just 50 club professionals, Management in Motion creates the perfect environment for meaningful connections with forward-thinking industry peers. The carefully curated experience extends beyond Monday's main event to include Sunday night activities and an exclusive poker tournament with special prizes. This isn't just professional development - it's a chance to rediscover your passion for leadership while creating memories and relationships that will last throughout your career.

Ready to trade fairways for straightaways and PowerPoints for horsepower? This groundbreaking event takes place Monday, September 22nd at Monticello Motor Club, with over 30 seats already claimed.

Visit privateclubradio.com/managementinmotion to secure one of the remaining spots. This experience isn't for everyone - it's designed specifically for curious, open-minded club professionals who lead with fire and aren't afraid to drift outside their comfort zone. Join us and discover how the lessons learned at 100mph can transform your approach to leadership.

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00:00 - Introducing the Private Club Radio Show

02:24 - Management in Motion: Event Overview

04:09 - The Monticello Motor Club Experience

05:14 - Featured Speakers and Leadership Lessons

10:13 - Event Details and Registration Information

12:34 - Who This Experience Is For

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Hey everybody, welcome to the Private Club Radio Show, where we give you the scoop on all things private golf and country clubs from mastering leadership and management, food and beverage excellence, member engagement secrets, board governance and everything in between, all while keeping it fun and light.

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Whether you're a club veteran just getting your feet wet or somewhere in the middle, you are in the right place.

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I'm your host, denny Corby.

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Welcome to the show In place.

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I'm your host, denny Corby.

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Welcome to the show.

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In this episode I am talking to myself.

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Welcome to the show.

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I got to talk to you about something I've been obsessing and building over and dreaming about for some time now and it's been out there, but I want to finally do an episode on it, and I'm talking about management in motion.

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It's not a conference, it's not a seminar, it's not even a summit.

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It's what would happen if you took a TED Talk and a BMW M4 and they had a baby and it was raised by general managers with great taste and no time for boring.

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Let me break down what is happening.

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It is a one-day high-energy leadership driving experience designed specifically for the private club professionals, and it's happening Monday, september 22nd at the Monticello Motor Club.

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A real racetrack, a private racetrack, a private club in upstate New York where we're going to trade the fairways for straightaways and power points for horsepower.

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We are going to have such an amazing time.

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So if you don't know what Monticello Motor Club is, it's a private club, privately owned.

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I was just there a couple of days ago.

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I brought my brother for his 21st birthday me, him, my dad, some of his friends and stuff and we had such an amazing time and I cannot wait for you all to have just as an amazing time.

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I mean, I'm still smiling from ear to ear, I'm still cheesing.

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I cannot tell you how much fun and the laughs and the joy that we're going to have, and just the fact that we get to rip up other people's vehicles, like we get to take machines these well-built machines that are meant for the track, like BMWs are a driver's car and the fact that we don't have to worry about replacing the brakes or the tires or others, that we can just have fun, oh, that just gets me so excited and I am just so excited for all of this.

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And it's run by Yanel Porub, who is a fantastic, fantastic, wonderful human being.

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If you have not listened to the episode that we did Hospitality and Horsepower here on Private Club Radio.

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You need to go listen to it.

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It's absolutely fantastic and his story and everything about him I just love so much.

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And when we were talking, I jokingly had this idea for Management in Motion, which is taking you know what they do there with BMWs M2s, 3s and 4s, ripping them up on the racetrack and bring together real relevant education from other club professionals and how that relates to the track.

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So it's not just how that relates to leadership, but it's from leaders, club leaders who also have spent time on the track.

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So it's not just you know, we're not just doing this seminar here or this day there and we're going to be talking about AI.

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It's how this all relates and how this all comes together and comes full circle.

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So let me start breaking it down.

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First off, this is limited to only 50 club professionals from across the world.

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Right now we have over 30 people, I think like 30, some mid thirties, so not too many seats left.

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Which is still mind blowing to me that this is a happening and so many people signed up.

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In my head I was like, if I can get 10 people, I'll be thrilled, and the fact that we're almost sold out is crazy.

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So we have GMs, agms, department heads, future leaders.

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It's small, it's curated and it's built for connection, and we're going to be spending the day at Monticello Motor Club taking BMW M cars so 340Ms, m2s, m3s, m4s and doing really fun stuff on the track.

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I'm talking drag racing.

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We're going to be doing some skid pad stuff, a little bit of drifting, we're going to be doing some precision driving challenges, some full on karting, we're going to have a go kart competition with some fast go karts, and in between all of that is going to be those educational sessions that I was talking about.

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So we're going to hear from Yanel Porub, the GM there, a little bit about his story.

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We're going to hear about the club, where they were, where they're going and where they're at, because he has so much fun stuff going on there and there's so much stuff that the club is building and building out that I cannot wait for him just to talk about it and just what they do.

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There is just such a unique place and I can't wait for him to share about all the behind the scenes of what goes on.

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Then I also am bringing up Josiah Smith.

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Joe Smith, gm COO of Countryside Golf and Country Club in Naples, florida, and he's a track man.

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He has a track only motorcycle.

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So we're going to be talking about you know how, you know a new perspective on how leadership works under pressure, real stories that tie racing principles to club operations, tools to build trust, improve communication and lead into your strengths.

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And I think the biggest thing of all is permission to stop trying to be everything to everybody and lead from the heart and lead from a place of who you are and being yourself and that's who.

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That's who Joe is.

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You know he started off.

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He.

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He's also another private club radio interviewee a great episode.

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He started off working at clubs at a very young age 17, 18, valeting cars, and then just worked his way up through and now GM countryside golf and country clubs.

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And we're going to talk about all of that, his story and how that all relates to his time on the track, which is really, really cool.

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And I am so thrilled to have the OG, luann Giovinelli, ccm, cec, cce fellow, you name it.

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She's got all the creds and I am super stoked.

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She's also bringing her husband with her because they both drag race.

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So we're going to be talking about how that relates to club leadership and club management and the parallels between the two.

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Some of her talk is going to talk about real world lessons on how to build team trust, how to prep and proper risk taking.

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We're going to dive into insights on how joy and connection can anchor leadership styles and she's really going to give a fresh take on leadership from my point of view, one of the most dynamic voices and people in the club space.

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So all that driving, all that fun stuff, all that leadership lessons, all that talking is going to be on Monday, september 22nd.

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Now, if you come in early September 21st that's Sunday night I have an activation planned.

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Have a really fun stuff planned.

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We're still working out the final details and I don't want to give away everything.

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I love surprises and it's the magic as well.

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Who doesn't love a good surprise?

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But there's gonna be some surprises for Sunday night.

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So still finalizing all of that.

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Cannot wait to share all that.

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So if you're planning on coming, make sure you come Sunday.

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Our host casino is Monticello Resorts World Catskills.

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That's a couple minutes from the club.

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The hotel room block is almost up.

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It's at the end of the month, end of August, so if you have not got your room block yet, make sure you sign up, make sure you get it.

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Got killer rates on that.

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And obviously all day Monday we have our fun driving and educational sessions.

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After all of that, we're gonna have a nice reception, a nice dinner at the club and then we're gonna go back to the hotel and that's where we're gonna refresh for a couple minutes and then I have a poker tournament, a private sit and go poker tournament just for our attendees Very small, very exclusive, very low pressure.

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It is an extra fee, it's an extra 100 bucks, it's all through the casino and there's some cash prizes, obviously through the casino and playing the game, but I'm also giving away some extra prizes as well.

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So you don't have to necessarily win the poker tournament or come in the top three to win something.

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Just by being there you can still be a winner.

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I love, I feel like Oprah, I love giving away prizes.

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I like just having fun, and that's what this is about Having fun and learning and getting education and doing things in a non-traditional way, cause I know there's been some CMA stuff at Monticello, but not to this level, because we're we're actually taking the day and driving.

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We're doing a bunch of different driving activities and in between those there's going to be those educational sessions.

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That's relevant to all of this and I am just super stoked and excited and I can't believe that this is even happening.

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And the fact that we're getting like-minded, fun people together is just so cool.

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And to me, that's how you learn the most and that's how you learn the best is when you have these moments of adrenaline and these energy spikes, because that really helps hold in and connect the lessons that we're gonna be learning as well and the connections we're gonna be making, the friendships.

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That's what I'm super excited about too.

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I love connecting people.

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I love bringing people together and the fact that we're bringing people together at Monticello like we're like-minded people already from the club space, but now it's this extra layer and when you see each other again later on at either BMI's World Conference, there's going to be this bond, this connection that hey, remember that time that we had a blast.

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That's what this is about.

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And what I love is people are coming for different reasons, right, I have some GMs and some club professionals who are coming because they like the speakers, they like Joe, they like Luann.

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I have other people coming because they want to drive the cars and rip up the cars.

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I have other people coming because they want to do both.

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I have other people coming because they feel burnt out no pun intended, burnt out and they want to come and just let loose.

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And that's what's fun about this day is that when you're driving you can't focus on other stuff.

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You have to be in the moment.

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You have to be hypervigilant and focused on what's going on, that you have to just focus in and forget about everything else.

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And that's important and that's what I love and that's what I'm so excited about.

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This whole day, these two day and a half, is just going to be super stoked.

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If you want to learn more, head on over to privateclubradiocom slash management in motion, privateclubradiocom slash management in motion.

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That's where you can get all of those details.

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And this is not for everybody, this is not for every club professional, this is for the curious, this is for the open, the fun, the ones who lead with a little bit of fire, who aren't afraid to drift out of their comfort zone.

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I mean, I can keep talking about this whole day for hours, but I won't do that to you, so I want you to sign up.

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If you have any questions, reach out.

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My email is denny at dennycorbycom.

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Or through Private Club Radio you.

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My email is denny at dennycorbycom.

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Or through Private Club Radio.

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You can send a message there if you have any questions.

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I'm all over LinkedIn as well, but I look forward to seeing you all there very, very soon.

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That's this episode.

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Until next time.

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I'm your host, denny Corby.

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Catch y'all on the flippity flip.