Winning Together: An Olympic-Winning Approach to Building Better Teams

by Kate Richardson-Walsh, Helen Richardson-Walsh

"This book is a guide for life written by two people that I respect and revere. Together, Kate and Helen are the ultimate team. Now they are sharing the lessons they have learned for the benefit of all of us." From the foreword by CLARE BALDINGTHE INSIDE STORY OF WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD HIGH PERFORMING TEAMSIn Winning Together, Helen and Kate Richardson-Walsh, share powerful lessons from the Great Britain women's hockey team journey to gold in Rio 2016. They show how to create a winning culture in any environment, in any industry, so that you and your teammates can thrive.Drawing on their vast experience both in and out of sport, double Olympic medalists Helen and Kate, tell the incredible, behind-the-scenes story of how a team from the lower rankings forced its way to the top. They bring you into their team huddle to reflect and work through exercises to help improve your performance. Using their individual and collective stories they demonstrate that successful teams are made up of people who are valued as human beings and supported to individually flourish.Covering connection, care, awareness, empowerment, alignment, the power of difference and much more, Winning Together gives you the tools to be the very best version of yourself, and to build better teams."Powerful ... Essential reading for anyone that's part of a team." MATTHEW SYED, bestselling author of REBEL IDEAS and YOU ARE AWESOME

Genres: Nonfiction

237 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 28, 2021

Reviews

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting take on the importance of team work written by two brilliant people.

[C.Edwards · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wasn't sure this book was for me. It was, it's excellent.
I studied team dynamics in nursing school, I've studied coaching (non sporting). I played hockey at school, really because as girls we couldn't play football or rugby back then.
I became obsessed with England women's Hockey team from 2012 on: I loved the play and the messages that were being shared.
This book is a masterful meld of all of the above. They use their experiences and values, along with the teams Olympic journey to success to illustrate and explain team building and sustaining.
This book could have been a monumental failure because it is so wide reaching, but they manage to use all the elements and bring them together to make a magnificent and accessible whole. Of course given the topic of the book, who they are and what they achieved this is not surprising!
It doesn't matter if your team is your work, your family or your football or hockey team there is something here for you. Also worth reading, I think, if you are simply a fan. Enjoy

[Melissa Odling · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have both the book and the audiobook and I'm glad I do as the book was harder to follow with switching between the narratives from Helen and Kate, however, I appreciated having the text for the reflections at the end of each chapter, Id recommended both formats simultaneously! A great read/listen

[Natasha Blom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book! So easy to read & apply in all aspects of life!