Opinion: Influencing others effectively
One of the things many people don’t know about me, is that I spent many years both playing and umpiring baseball. Clearly that’s not so common for Australians.
In many ways, the umpiring was probably the most interesting. I’ve umpired up to state level games, including the Pan Pacific games. It certainly teaches you how to deal with strong views effectively.
Most people have seen the classic images of managers/coaches racing out to have a very heated discussion with an umpire. I’ve had so many people asking me how I dealt with that when I was umpiring.
2025-07-09