Tiger Woods: Lessons For Great Risk Management

Well, yes and no. True, it is possible to learn from ones mistakes.

This specific case has really taken on a life of it's own (perhaps since it first broke). From what is now known, this guy has a really serious problem. I disagree that exposure will make him a better person, husband, or golfer.

No doubt the Tiger got his tail in a wringer . . . if he comes out of this as neutered "Tabby" . . . he'll be a very lucky man!

1. Tiger took responsibility for his actions fairly quickly, but not at blazing speeds. I wouldn't give him too much credit here.

2. Disclosure is a lesser "evil" than stonewalling, but history (Watergate, etc.) shows that the coverup is often a bigger problem than the "crime". Early disclosure was a smart but hard move on Tiger's part.

3. Disclosure may help to cut Tiger's losses, but we're still not sure how many sponsors he'll lose (or how many millions his wife will demand once she changes their prenuptial agreement). Tiger-the-brand is damaged, I think, at least for a while.

4. It's been said that "To err is human, to forgive is divine." The difference between a Tiger Woods and an American politician, however, is that Tiger didn't hold himself up as a paragon of family-values virtue. He's just a golfer - the greatest one in the world, mind you - but just a golfer.

I strongly suspect that this era in Tiger's life will follow him for the remainder of his professional exposure. The dollars lost will never be recovered and the cost far exceed the priceless persona that is forever tarnished. For so many years other golfers suffered severly due to "Tiger-mania" . . . perhaps now the comments of the other professionals will be less stigmatized when humorous comments are made. Tiger-mania cost others many, many dollars . . . is it not a fairway turn that Tiger benefits in much the same fashion? Classic example of . . .Schadenfreude!

I agree with TCMTECH fully.

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The only way a repeat womaniser learns (let us face it Tiger has been doing this, by all accounts , for a long time, even with : a pregnant Wife ! ) is in fact : whether she has used a good iron to beat the h... out of him.

This will give a far better result than legally obtained millions. That is, if she wants , to put the Tiger back into the cage.

He may be a world class golfer but his attitudes and choices were : dumb.

Labor Omnia Vincit Improbus

..Tiger is going to be a better golfer, a better person, and even a better dad as a result of what he is going through. And you know what - if you learn from your mistakes, then you'll be better too...

What? Maybe we should all be unfaithful to our significant others. We could learn from our mistakes and become better human beings. How could you possibly conclude that this will be a positive for his personal and professional life? To me, and no I am not a Doctor, this is just as likely to ruin his personal and professional life.

Yeah and maybe Tiger can do a show with Dr. Phil. I'm sure he could learn a bunch there. And then next week he can show up on the Maury Show and do all those lie detector and DNA test stuff. Sounds like there would be plenty of "guests".

I would like to deepen the discussion a bit by making a few observations. The general themes that seem to be coming from many of the responses are hostile, angry and judgmental (again, not all, but most). Whether you are justified or right is irrelevant. I am much more interested in learning, growing and sharing. To slam someone when they are already down on the ground is easy. And especially easy if the majority is already doing it. But where is the added benefit in that? My challenge is to take a step back; put aside personal judgments and opinions and make observations to see if there is anything new that can be learned and shared or does this morally bankrupt element of Tiger Woods insight many of us so much that we are unable to move past the anger and disgust? We are all human. We are all flawed. Some more than others but that really depends on the perspective one brings to the table, doesn't it? Is Tiger right? Is he wrong? Is he good? Is he evil? I don't know. And, really, I don't care. Do you? Dr D

Like 'em or not, celebrity meltdowns are use cases for businesses that need crisis management lessons.

The whole issue with Tiger Woods agrovates me because he was held up as an example to others including young people. His was not a mistake, his was a choice that he made many times. God knows that I am far from perfect, but I believe in the importance of a person's integrity. As far as I am concerned he is damaged goods. Your integrity in your marriage is something that should be above reproach. He obviously doesn't take his integrity and his honor very seriously. As far as I am concerned if Mr. Wood's word to his wife was not honored how could I take his word for anything. This is the same thing I stand for with politicians as well as professional associates.

Certainly Tiger is no exception to the human condition. For me personally from having seen what happens when a career takes one far from home, away from the family norms, I know what happens. Over 30 years of being a "road warrior" (contract engineer), working at major projects in over 20 states and 5 foreign countries, I have experienced first hand what the outcome is . . .total family distruction. The hours, days, and weeks of isloation, setting and waiting, it only takes one misadventure, and life as it once was is no more. It is sad beyond comprehension and it is permanent. No Tiger will not be the same Tiger . . . ever. That being said, no I am not angry, I blazed my own trail . . . it is a grief driven process . . . shock/denial, depression, negotiation, coming to terms and acceptance . . . finally comes the serenity of detachment . . . but the ghosts never go away . . . .

Thank you for sharing that with us. Do you think you are a better person as a result of that experience? I am not asking about happier. But what I am asking is that if you think you are wiser, more aware or at least making smarter decisions now in your life after having gone through that experience first hand? Dr D

Question,

The first mistake is when people benchmark themselves with celebrities, athletes.

Are people that lost that they have to look to other people so they can identify themselves. Which is only their perception of themselves, which everyone of us that perception is skewed.

But your points/suggestion are very good for handling situations such as risk management.

p911

Excellent insight,

Insecurity can be one hell of a motivator, it can also burn you out.

btw, that is only a dober wannabe, Ace. He is actually a Miniature Pincher, and that is his war cry ......What do you expect, he's 4 y.o. and weights in at 8#'s.

(its actually a picture of him yawning)

p911

I thought that was a pin-pin. My favorite breed of dog!

Mike

In 1957 Andy Griffith made the movie "A Face in the Crowd" which at the time predicted that one day we would put style above substance. We are well pass that point. The truth about tiger is that he never has to work another day of his life if he doesnt want to, neither do his kids or grandkids. In the end he will make way more than he ever has because they (meaning the people) will see him as triumph over adversity. When really, I don't care either way, my point is that as a nation, we are screwed and this is just another example.

What we learned, really, is that Tiger is not too bright (read: kinda stupid, strategically speaking or otherwise)...hence making it complicated by introducing MBA concepts would likely fly over the head or (as it were) under the phallus.

Secondly, it has been well established, that human beings generally do not "learn" from mistakes, only from successes. It is on account of that that, for (conditioned-as-Tiger) Woods one conquest success (not...mistake) led to another.

Or is it just the "will to power" thing...borne of basic, lifelong insecurity engendered by an unrelenting parent? For Tiger we now know what fellow golfers have lately found out - and what Nicholas discerned early on: that the tiger show, both on and off the links, is largely just a performance.

The physical questions from the start of this have been lacking reference to the basic : fundamental.

There is a well known and sometime forgotten principle . It is said to be physically: true. "Man's Creator gave man, enough blood for the function of the :brain and /or phallus. Not both at the same time ". Thus man could use it normally in his procreation. At which time he could not in a physical sense , be able to use all of his brain's : functions.

In the case under review I would venture to say that the above has been : conclusively proven.

Labor Omnia Vincit.