Professional refereeing is about more than rules.

It is an ultimate form of leadership: making high-stakes decisions under intense scrutiny, maintaining trust among the team and managing multiple stakeholders.

As our team of pro sports officials built RefMasters from an idea to an industry leader, many of the concepts learned in their first job applied perfectly to their new one. From the boardroom to the basketball court, we learned that sports officials have much in common with leaders in the workplace.

From that insight comes RefExec, a speaking series featuring top sports officials in the world sharing their lessons in leadership for C-Suite and management teams. Drawing both from games officiated and experience as entrepreneurs, they provide a new lens on the age-old challenges of teamwork and overcoming adversity.

Audiences come away informed by the unique knowledge shared, and entertained by this peek behind the curtain of their favorite sports.