You CAN be a winner, even when you lose
Roger Alton selects the best books on sport from 2020. Read more >
Long Win – Press
How Collaboration Can Be More Effective Than Competing To Be “Number One”
Dr Cath Bishop is an Olympic medallist, International Diplomat, Cambridge University Business Coach and author of ‘The Long Win: The search for a better way to succeed’. Here, she offers CEO Today her perspective on competition, ‘winning’ and whether they truly matter. Read More >
‘I became a world champion after giving up on medals’
A terrible Olympic defeat left rower Cath Bishop, now 48, bereft. But she rekindled her love for the sport – rather than for winning. Read More >
Sport’s cascading tales of abuse and fear demand action from the very top – The Guardian
Victims have spoken out and some culprits have even admitted regret. Now it’s time for the governing bodies to show they care Read More >
Former GB rower Cath Bishop – ‘I was left with that sort of perennial silver-medal torment’ – Daily Telegraph
Cath Bishop remembers the journey home from the Sydney Olympics in 2000. She was put at the back of the plane which transported Great Britain’s athletes home, sick to the stomach because she had finished ninth – two places worse than at her previous Games in Atlanta 1996…. Read More >
Greedy Britain’s focus on medals creates a culture of fear when winning is the end that justifies any means – Daily Mail
We all love a winner. Arms aloft, top step of the podium, medal round the neck. Such images plastered over newspapers, medal tables cited everywhere and open-top bus tours reaffirm our belief that winning is a universal force for good in our lives, something to which we should all aspire. What could be simpler? Read …