TRF 2810 – Reflective Journal – Inclusion

Inclusion and diversity within staffing at golf course turf operations is something imperatvie to the creation of good team and operations culture. Diversity allows a crew to be more well rounded, with more people and different backgrounds, the more perspectives can be garnered on a topic of disscusion. I myself have always seen the valuve of having more women in the workplace. This is a tough obsticale in a male-dominated industry as turf, with many managers often considering the job to labour intensive for the average women. However, I have had my sister and other freinds work with me in the industy and the difference factor they bring to a team can be a game changer. They often offer more detailled and outside the box ways of thinking about turf and staff management, which are often not realized by managers. Therefore, diveristy and inclusion are very important and beneficial to the turf manager when properly utilized.