Succession Planning - CampHacker #163

The year after you leave camp, how will it be doing? How does that reflect on your succession planning?

What’s the plan?

Seriously.

When you, or another senior staff leaves…

Who will pick up where you/they left off?

Where are the procedures?

What are the most important parts of the culture?

Who knows the wifi password?

Yes, even that last one. We’ve said it multiple times on the CampHacker Podcast so this shouldn’t be shocking…but…YOU AREN’T GOING TO BE THE DIRECTOR SOMEDAY!

So how prepared are you?

Have no fear, the CampHacker gang is here! Travis, Gabz, Chris (welcome back, Chris!) and Joe are ready to share the ways that they think about succession planning every day at camp.

Bonus Links!

Because you read the show notes - and that’s pretty neat!

Joe’s “Your Future at Camp” Activity - Instructions for Folding

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Our Best Life Advice for Young Staff - CampHacker #162

We don’t just raise staff to be great camp employees, we try to help set them up for success for the rest of their life.

Camp has this beautiful, strange and messy blurring effect on the work/life relationship between bosses and employees. It’s tough for a lot of reasons, but we’re going to talk about one of the best parts of it on this episode.

One of the inevitabilities of being a camp director is that simply because we’re leaders, people will look to us. What we’re able to do with that relationship is powerful.

Whatever we pass on, whether it’s how to change a tire, or how to determine your next life steps, we know that it can have a profound effect.

The gang’s all here and they’re full of the advice that they regularly give - and the advice they wish they got!

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Make the Most of the Next 100 Days - with Abigail Stuart and Ari Polsky - CampHacker #161

When it’s crunch time, you need to make sure all systems are GO. Here are the 10 most vital tips to make the most of the summer camp home stretch.

Not only did we get some great feedback on our last episode with Ari and Abi, they realized that as they were preparing for their upcoming summers, they were relying on some tried and true strategies that their years in the “camp ops” world has taught them.

Like the incredibly generous camp pros that they are, they are back on the CampHacker podcast to share these tips with Travis and all our listeners.

Welcome back, Ari and Abi!

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Building Trust with Parents - with Rachel Kent - CampHacker #160

Regaining and building trust is one of our top post-pandemic priorities.

We know, we know. You have a million other “post-pandemic priorities”, but this is one you can’t let slip!

After 2 years of a pandemic that had us in a consistent tornado of fear AND for some, 2 years of no camp, we have some trust to build with families! But, like many things about the pandemic, there’s a silver lining here.

2022 is your opportunity to completely revamp your communication and family onboarding strategy. It’s time to bust out all of the stops - but where to start?

Gabz, Travis and Joe are joined by camp pro and Beyond Camp podcaster Rachel Kent to give you some of their best trust-building philosophies and strategies that you can implement RIGHT NOW.

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