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Cath Bishop in The Guardian

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‘…we should really be promoting leaders who enable those around them to develop and thrive, and help those who are heard less in the organisation to speak up.’

Cath Bishop, author of The Long Win, is featured in The Guardian speaking about how toxic cultures in workplaces can be changed.

For all the scandals, a toxic culture in places like the CBI and the Met can be changed. Here’s how | Cath Bishop

he Metropolitan police has clear values on its website and a detailed ethics code. The fire service has a similarly robust code of ethics. Tony Danker, then director general of the Confederation of British Industry, gave a speech to a Future of Work conference about the importance of values in the workplace and how they matter now more than ever.

Cath Bishop in The Guardian

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‘…we should be asking what is going wrong in high-performance sport? What could we do differently to chart a better, healthier path for elite sport? And is this a peculiarly British phenomenon, or are there lessons to learn from abroad?’

Cath Bishop, author of The Long Win, is featured in The Guardian speaking about trust in high-performance sport.

Culture crises across sports are a warning siren: we cannot keep ignoring the lessons | Cath Bishop

ike waves, culture crises roll in and out of our sporting shores. Rugby and cricket have been in the headlines recently. A string of reviews have investigated Olympic and Paralympic sports including cycling, archery, bobsleigh, para-swimming, judo and gymnastics.

Cath Bishop in the RHR International October Leadership Library book review

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‘Cath challenges the ‘win at all costs’ culture in both sport and business. She sees the binary concepts of ‘winners and losers ‘ as detrimental to sustained performance and well-being.’

Cath Bishop, author of The Long Win, is featured in RHR International October Leadership Library book review.

Cath Bishop on LinkedIn: The Long Win – Cath Bishop

Really enjoyed connecting with Orla Leonard and RHR International to discuss how narrow short-term definitions of success can hold us back, diminish motivation…

Cath Bishop in The Guardian

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‘It is time to stop sweeping cultural issues under the carpet and carrying on as before with a few tweaked policies.’

Cath Bishop, author of The Long Win, is featured in The Guardian speaking about British Gymnastics’ action plan and overhaul.

British Gymnastics’ action plan and overhaul cannot be allowed to fail | Cath Bishop

ritish Gymnastics’ action plan, Reform ’25, responds to the devastating Whyte review and provides a critical moment for sport reform in this country. For the sake of past, present and future gymnasts, this plan cannot be allowed to fail. For the rest of sport and society it matters too.

Cath Bishop in the Guardian

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‘The real challenge is not to identify the next generation of England women footballers – it is to reach the millions of girls who weren’t watching on Sunday but deserve access to the benefits of a healthy, active life.’

Olympian Cath Bishop, author of The Long Win, speaks in The Guardian about creating a positive social change following the England Lionesses’ historic victory at the European Championship.

After the Lionesses it’s time to be bold and create real cultural change | Cath Bishop

ew sporting occasions come more inspirational than the England Lionesses’ historic victory at the European Championship. There is again uplifting talk of a legacy, a cultural shift and positive social change that can come from this. But we need to admit that we have had nights like this and talked like this before.

Cath Bishop in The Mail on Sunday

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‘It’s time to forge a new 25-year vision: let’s redefine success beyond the blink of an eye crossing the line, three minutes on a podium and a number on a medal table. Let’s challenge ourselves to win medals where we can be proud of every single story. And let’s start prioritising how we can deliver greater long-term positive outcomes for individuals and communities through sport. There’s a better way to succeed in sport, and we shouldn’t rest until we find it.’

Olympian Cath Bishop, author of The Long Win, challenges our simplistic stories about winning and sport in The Mail on Sunday.

CATH BISHOP: How many medals is enough?

London 2012 was a success but the event has been tainted by welfare scandals Athletes have told stories of abuse, bullying and negative mental health issues Cultural changes in high-performance sport should be prioritised over medals How well did we seize the chance of a lifetime that London 2012 offered our nation?

Cath Bishop featured in The Guardian

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‘Our objective should be to create environments where athletes leave sport with a positive story regardless of the result, ready to give back as role models and perhaps as a volunteer, coach or board member.’

Cath Bishop, author of The Long Win, is featured in The Guardian speaking about how coaches and leaders must take positive action to create a different experience of sport for current and future generations.

Bradley Wiggins’s pain shows us that sport needs to prioritise welfare too

t’s hard to recall Bradley Wiggins sitting on his throne at Hampton Court, riding into Paris with the yellow jersey, or ringing the bell to start the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony without now seeing through to the secret he was carrying inside him on all those occasions.

Cath Bishop in The Guardian

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Cath Bishop, author of The Long Win, comments on the fallout from the Winter Olympics in The Guardian.

Kamila Valieva horror show proves the price of Olympic gold is too high | Cath Bishop

hat price an Olympic gold medal these days? We know about the blood, sweat and tears, but the costs paid by the 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva in pursuit of the glittering prize rose exorbitantly over the past week in Beijing. The already unstable Olympic currency of values, integrity and humanity devalued further.

The Long Win named as one of FT’s Business Books of the Year

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Cath Bishop‘s The Long Win is named as one of the Financial Times‘s Best Business Books of 2020.

Best books of 2020: Business

Former diplomat and Olympic oarswoman Bishop argues, from her own and others’ experience, that a zero-sum approach to winning can be counter-productive. Instead, by being clearer about what matters, and concentrating on personal growth and collaboration, it is possible to achieve a more fulfilling, longer-lasting success.

Cath Bishop in The Telegraph

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Cath Bishop, author of The Long Win, speaks to Telegraph Sports about why our obsession with winning doesn’t always serve us.

Former GB rower Cath Bishop – ‘I was left with that sort of perennial silver-medal torment’

“I basically retired,” she says. “I was a mess. I tried to come back after a bit of a break, but I was just destroyed by my self-belief. I was defined by the Sydney performance. Nobody said, ‘Now let’s see what we can do’.”