Kate Richardson-Walsh

"Kate was absolutely brilliant! I heard from multiple colleagues that Kate was the best speaker they’d ever had the opportunity to hear from. It resonated incredibly well and fed so well into the themes we wanted to capture – Kate’s story truly offered us the opportunity to glean a different perspective through the lens of her sporting career, with truly valuable insight that could be applied to a business context. Kate delivered her talk with honesty, vulnerability and sprinkles of humour in all the right places. I think we could have listened to Kate for hours!!"

"Kate's story about building a winning team culture and her journey to Olympic success was told with warmth and humour. She captivated our whole leadership team and the messages for us and our transformation journey rang loud and clear."

"Kate was superb in every aspect. So gracious, kind with her time and so nice to everyone. Her talk was indeed inspirational and resonated with all that were lucky to hear it. There were many key take-aways and I am sure, upon reflection that there may be more! I loved seeing her emotion and passion that still fires Kate and I am sure that whatever she does, she will be a resounding success."

"THANK YOU!!!!! What a wonderful, inspirational morning. I thought Kate was amazing, She was very passionate and very honest about her role as a captain, leader and as a team player."

"Kate spoke at the Financial Times Women at the Top Summit, having just returned from Rio where she led the GB women's hockey team to Olympic victory. She gave a fascinating, insightful interview on leadership, team dynamics and the culture of a winning team, all in a way that was relevant to our senior corporate audience and which perfectly strengthened the core theme of our event: how to achieve gender balance and redefine leadership. It was an honour to have Kate join us and the audience loved it. I would fully recommend her as a speaker."

"I just wanted to pass on my huge thanks to Kate for last night's event. She was wonderful. She is such an inspiring speaker and was an absolute delight to have as a guest. We have been inundated with compliments for her and it seems she really struck the right note with audience in everything she said about team ambition and leadership. Please let her know how grateful we are."

"I just wanted to write to say the most enormous thank you for yesterday. You were utterly inspirational, and our team has not stopped talking about the impact you made. It was very easy to see why you were such an outstanding athlete, and leader. We agreed afterwards that we would all have followed you anywhere. I have seen many magnificent sports people tell their story over the years. From World Cup winners to Olympic gold medallists. You topped them all. It was an extraordinary hour that we will never forget."

"Testimonial on her book Winning Together: An Olympic-Winning Approach to Building Better Teams This book is a guide for life written by two people that I respect and revere. Together, Kate and Helen are the ultimate team – supporting each other with honesty, thoughtfulness, consideration and clarity. Now they are sharing the lessons they have learned for the benefit of all of us. I am so glad they have written this book and I am proud to know them."

"Testimonial on her book Winning Together: An Olympic-Winning Approach to Building Better Teams Many have tried to write books about winning that parallel the sporting experience and lessons learned. However, Kate and Helen's book manages to translate some of the more intangible precursors for success and describe them in a way that would be useful to another athlete or someone starting their first job in the business world. This book is human, warm and a welcome addition to the bookshelf of any person looking to learn from their remarkable example."

"Testimonial on her book Winning Together: An Olympic-Winning Approach to Building Better Teams This is the inside scoop, the real-deal on how to build winning cultures that keep people at the heart of things. The articulate details and storytelling from athletes and leaders who have walked the path is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary performance leadership."

"The evening was a huge success and as expected, Kate was truly inspirational and such a lovely person to have around. She had time for every student and the evening has been reported as the best one in fifteen years."

"Kate was a wonderful inspiration to the girls who attended her workshop and presentations. It was such a privilege to host her at the school."