External publications
Only winning counts!’ ‘You’ve got to be No. 1!’ ‘Aim for the top spot, don’t settle for anything less!’ These phrases, and many more that seem to tell us what success means resound throughout our lives from the classroom to the boardroom and beyond. Read more >
There is no magic formula to negotiation, says Cath Bishop, it’s a process of experimentation, learning, and developing a sophisticated lens through which you view each negotiating situation Read More >
Who doesn’t want to be a winner? The language of winning and losing resounds through playgrounds, classrooms and workplaces, teaching us that ‘winning is what counts.’ It can seem so easy and appealing, but what does it really mean? Cath Bishop finds out Read More >
We have at My Finish Line, as a mission statement, tried to encapsulate all that is good about sport and physical activity and all the benefits that come from participating. We have also attempted to carve a very wide bandwidth in our blogs when it comes to advice and experiences. We have had elite sports …
Dr Cath Bishop, Olympian, former diplomat and business coach, reflects here on the rhetoric of plans for pupils to catch-up on lost learning time due to the pandemic, and how to potentially reframe this narrative to take a more positive and effective approach. Cath brings her knowledge of leadership and high performance to the conversation …
How can it be possible to win an Olympic medal and still feel like you haven’t quite done enough? Former British rower Dr Cath Bishop, who won silver at the 2004 Olympic Games, knows the emptiness that can accompany the endless pursuit of winning. In fact, it inspired her to write her newly published book, The …
Cath Bishop explains why seeing education through a prism of competition, complete with winners and losers, ultimately helps no one… Read more >
Dr Cath Bishop: Olympic silver medallist rower, former diplomat, business coach and author of ‘The Long Win’ looks at what success really means in sport, and once you’ve at the top where do you go from there…? Read more >
“If we work together, then we can both be part of something that’s much bigger, that’s much more sustainable. How we frame success has a big impact on whether we’re able to explore our potential or not.” The following is a summary of Episode 177 of the Real Leaders Podcast, a conversation with former olympic …
Who were the winners of 2020? Who will ‘win’ in 2021? What does success even look like in a pandemic, or in the face of some of the key complex issues of our times that range from global health to climate change, and from social inequality to immigration? Current events are prompting us to re-evaluate …