Hiring lifeguards has become a “hot topic” recently and I have some thoughts on it that may be a little outside of the box (shocker…lol!) Let’s start with a simple statistic.  There are more people aged 15-24 (generalized typical lifeguard age) today in the world that there ever was before*.  So this issue isn’t there […]

Click Here to read part 1 where I outline some of the problems I see Aquatics Directors facing.  Now, for part 2…some ideas on solutions or how we can address these issues.  I’d like to give a disclaimer saying I don’t have all the answers but wanted to share what has worked from my experience […]

I had lunch yesterday with a former employee who is now a Director of Aquatics and Recreation programming.  She was distraught.  I could see the tears forming in her eyes.  She talked of being ready to quit and simply over it. I can relate.  I’ve been there, so many times.  We chatted over lunch and […]