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About
In this fascinating
examination of our widespread obsession with winning, Cath Bishop draws on her
personal experience of high-performance environments to trace the idea of
winning through history, language and thought to explore how it has come to be
a defining concept in fields from sport to business, from politics to education. Faced with the challenges and opportunities
of the 21st century, Cath offers a new, broader approach — The Long
Win.
Cath competed as a
rower at three Olympic Games, becoming the first British woman to win the World
Championships and an Olympic medal in the coxless pairs event. As a senior diplomat, Cath worked on policy
and negotiations, specializing in stabilization policy for conflict-affected
parts of the world. In business, Cath
has acted as a coach and consultant, advising on team and leadership
development and organizational culture, and teaches on the Executive Education
Faculty at the Judge Business School, Cambridge University.
In this book she
brings that extraordinary mix of experience to examine what winning has come to
mean to society and to us as individuals and offers a fresh perspective on how
we might redefine success — personal and professional - for the longer-term.
examination of our widespread obsession with winning, Cath Bishop draws on her
personal experience of high-performance environments to trace the idea of
winning through history, language and thought to explore how it has come to be
a defining concept in fields from sport to business, from politics to education. Faced with the challenges and opportunities
of the 21st century, Cath offers a new, broader approach — The Long
Win.
Cath competed as a
rower at three Olympic Games, becoming the first British woman to win the World
Championships and an Olympic medal in the coxless pairs event. As a senior diplomat, Cath worked on policy
and negotiations, specializing in stabilization policy for conflict-affected
parts of the world. In business, Cath
has acted as a coach and consultant, advising on team and leadership
development and organizational culture, and teaches on the Executive Education
Faculty at the Judge Business School, Cambridge University.
In this book she
brings that extraordinary mix of experience to examine what winning has come to
mean to society and to us as individuals and offers a fresh perspective on how
we might redefine success — personal and professional - for the longer-term.