About Cath Bishop
Cath draws on careers as an Olympic rower and conflict diplomat, combined with her experience of working with a wide range of organisations across sectors to raise performance, transform cultures and develop effective leadership and teams.
As an Olympic rower, Cath competed at three Olympic Games. Highlights include winning the World Championships in 2003 and an Olympic silver medal in Athens, 2004. As a diplomat for over a decade, Cath specialised in conflict issues, with postings to Bosnia and Iraq, as well as leading in Whitehall on the UK civilian contribution to stabilising conflicts around the world. These experiences equipped her with leadership experience, negotiating skills, resilience, and the ability to deliver outstanding performance under extremely challenging circumstances.
The Long Win
Underpinned by the latest research from business schools, leadership theory and organisational psychology, Cath brings insights as a speaker, facilitator, coach, consultant and writer to how organisations can develop a clarity of purpose, a constant learning mindset and genuine collaboration to achieve success.
Cath published The Long Win: The Search for a Better Way to Succeed in October 2020 to acclaim from leaders across business, sport, education and beyond. The Long Win was updated for a second edition in 2024. Cath writes regular opinion pieces for The Guardian around issues of culture in sport.
Cath teaches on Executive Education programmes at the Judge Business School, Cambridge University and is a speaker and consultant with performance consultancy Will It Make the Boat Go Faster? Cath is an advisor to non-profit organisation The True Athlete Project with a mission to create a more compassionate world through sport.
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