{"id":1398,"date":"2018-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/publish-61\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T12:06:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T12:06:44","slug":"leaders-podcast-rob-manfred-conversation-jimmy-worrall","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/podcasts\/leaders-podcast-rob-manfred-conversation-jimmy-worrall\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Podcast: Rob Manfred in conversation with Jimmy Worrall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred sat down with Leaders CEO Jimmy Worrall ahead in a quiet nook of the Green Room at the Leaders Sport Business Summit in New York earlier this year.<\/h4>\n

Manfred, who gave one of the keynote interviews at the summit, became the league’s tenth Commissioner in January 2015, replacing Bud Selig in the role having served for some time as the league’s COO.<\/p>\n

A lawyer by background, Manfred joined the league in the challenging position of EVP of Labour Relations in 1987.<\/p>\n

In the midst of a period of evolution for Major League Baseball, as the league adapts to meet shifting consumer habits across the US, and puts tangible plans in place to play games in London, Manfred reflects on the personal and professional qualities needed to succeed as a leader in of one of the major leagues.<\/p>\n

On the conversational agenda:<\/p>\n

– Growing the game of baseball using live product;<\/p>\n

– Playing the politics of major league ownership dynamics;<\/p>\n

– Why and how the cable TV model will survive;<\/p>\n

– Biggest lesson, challenge, advice and mistake;<\/p>\n