Masterclass by
Simon Taufel
Simon Taufel is a well-recognized name in the world of corporate training for his vast experience in umpiring high-octane international ODIs and test matches with the highest level of integrity and resilience. He speaks in his masterclass on conflict management, continuous improvement, and personal development.
Know Your Facilitator
Simon Taufel is an Australian cricket umpire and a former member of the ICC Elite Umpires panel. He won — a record-setting — five consecutive ICC Umpire of the Year awards between 2004 and 2008 for impeccable integrity, conflict management skills, and maintaining the highest standard of professionalism. Simon leverages his decades of experience in managing international cricket matches while conducting corporate training programs on leadership, conflict management, resilience, goal setting, continuous improvement, and personal development.
Despite initially having no intention of becoming an umpire, he agreed to go along with a friend to an umpiring course. After he passed the subsequent exam, he began umpiring grade cricket. He quickly progressed through the ranks and made his first-class debut in 1995, aged just 24. He then went on to umpire his first test match at 29. He is the youngest person to have received the ICC’s Bronze Bails Award for umpiring 100 ODIs. Simon has officiated in three ICC Cricket World Cups, including being the first and only Australian to officiate a World Cup final match (2011).
After his career in active international umpiring, he became the first ICC Umpire Performance and Training Manager. During these years, he created and implemented cricket umpiring’s first competency-based accreditation program. In 2013, Simon delivered the MCC’s Cowdrey Spirit of Cricket lecture at Lords as the 13th person and third Australian behind Richie Benaud and Adam Gilchrist.
His career in international cricket match administration and umpiring has endowed him with practical experience in conflict management, leadership management, and personal development dynamics. His masterclass sessions are hugely engaging and popular because of the way he connects lessons from the sport with contextual metaphors relevant to the corporate world.
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This course includes:
Duration: 60-90 minutes
Delivery: Keynote Speech - Group sizes: 15 – 500
- Customization: Available
Delivery: Keynote Speech 
What you’ll learn
Simon Taufel’s talks focus on:
- Goal setting for progress
- Prepare like a pro
- Bouncebackability (Resilience)
- What does being a professional really look like?
- Strategies for successful conflict outcomes
- Traits of a high-performing team
- Developing leadership and a culture of excellence through integrity
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Wanted to share that we got positive feedback about the session. A lot of folks were very excited to hear you speak and learn through the real life examples from the cricketing world. As I talk to more people, I am getting multiple such feedback. Thank you for a very engaging and insightful session. Thanks FocusU for enabling this very well.
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A lot of folks were very excited to hear you speak in your Masterclass session and learn through the real-life examples from the cricketing world. As I am talking to more people, I am getting multiple such feedback. Thank you for a very engaging and insightful session.
Mr. Amit Jain
Amazon Web Services Principal HRBP
