A Look Back

So, as entrepreneurs and committed to children’s education, recreation, and growth from preschool into teens, Lenette and I also knew from the beginning that we were not the key to meeting our expectorations. Our success and the success of our programs would depend on the people we would be employing and working with.

Nothing, including their prior experience with children, kept us from an intensive training program. Our philosophy had to become theirs. Recreation was a back issue. Being responsible for self and others was our core issue, and all sorts of activities were our vehicles for this to take place. And it did. We became known for our unique philosophy, small groups (a maximum of 8), a counselor, and a junior counselor. 

Professional and sophisticated parents wanted us to do what they could not do: get their kids dirty and even bloody and learn what it meant to live and play with others. We achieved this in spades, and our reputations grew.

What made this all happen? How did a tiny day camp grow into 400 children, 100 staff, and 35 some-odd vehicles picking children up each morning and taking them back home at the end of the day? Eventually, we created a resident camp in the wilderness for boys and girls, preschools, and children’s programs in Las Vegas, Colorado, and other proposed expansions by major corporations throughout the U.S.

None of this was an accident. These achievements and successes attracted big business. The real question is: Was this serendipitous? Or were they the result of hard work and the best professional education? What or who made this happen? I have much more to say.

A tiny business grows—It grows large, influential—How come? A leader

Sy

Author: Sy Ogulnick

Sy Ogulnick received a BA from UCLA, Teacher’s Credential from Los Angeles Board of Education and completed phase I (Master’s portion) in a Doctor of Behavioral Science program at California Coast University. Sy leased and operated a summer day camp in LA. He and his wife then purchased virgin wilderness land in Northern CA, where they built and operated a coed summer camp. They moved to Las Vegas, NV, and purchased, built and operated a community children’s program for families staying in a major resort casino in Las Vegas. They have created programs for children nationwide that employed many people and in the process developed successful training programs for personnel. This led Sy to lecture on how to train staff and the creating of community within the workplace. Sy was then invited to speak at professional conferences on how best to hire and train employees, which led to his becoming a consultant in the art of improving relationships in a work environment and eventually to his epiphany that “Leaders are the primary problem and the answer to the personnel issues that arise in the workplace.” Sy has written numerous papers on the subject of interpersonal relationships, leadership and power. He has lectured throughout the United States, has been interviewed by the media and has appeared on many radio and TV talk shows

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