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Kate Richardson-Walsh OBE

Olympic Gold Captain | High-Performance Culture Leader

"If you want performance that holds under scrutiny, Kate is the real deal. She brings the truth about what changes teams — and what doesn’t”

- Tracey Duke -

Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh with their Olympic gold medals at Rio 2016

Kate's Impact

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​What She'll Do

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Alongside her wife and team-mate Helen, Kate helps leaders build high-trust, high-standard teams by making expectations explicit and turning values into behaviours people actually follow.

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Who She'll Help

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  • Senior leadership teams navigating change, pressure, or a dip in confidence

  • High-performance environments where outcomes are visible and consistency matters

  • Teams that are capable but not fully aligned, where too much goes unsaid

  • Organisations investing in inclusion and wellbeing and wanting it to strengthen performance

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​The Results She'll Create

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Clients bring Kate in to strengthen the behaviours that decide performance:

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  • Clearer standards and fewer mixed messages about what “good” looks like

  • Stronger accountability with less avoidance and less tension

  • More direct communication, handled earlier and more cleanly

  • Better alignment and decision-making under pressure

  • A culture where people contribute sooner, learn faster, and recover quickly when things go wrong

Profile

Kate Richardson-Walsh OBE is one of the most respected captains in British sport. Across an 18-year international career, she became Great Britain’s most-capped female hockey player and captained England and Great Britain for 13 years, selected by her teammates to lead.

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A defining part of her story is the two-year rebuild inside Team GB Women’s Hockey between 2014 and 2016. The shift was not about motivation. It was about clarity and discipline: values built by the group, translated into everyday behaviours, and held through consistent accountability. That process culminated in Olympic Gold at Rio.

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Kate is openly LGBTQ+ and is married to her teammate, Helen Richardson-Walsh. Together, they bring a rare perspective on trust, belonging and performance inside elite teams, and on what changes when people can show up fully without second-guessing whether they fit.

Highlights

  • Olympic Gold Medallist, Rio 2016 (Captain, Team GB Women’s Hockey)

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  • Great Britain’s most-capped female hockey player (375 caps)

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  • England & Great Britain captain for 13 years, selected by teammates

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  • Led the culture rebuild culminating in Olympic success

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  • Experience across keynote and executive settings, including Barclays, Freshfields, Unilever and Roche

Kate Richardson Walsh
Quick Look

 

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​Location: UK/Travels Globally​

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Available for: Keynotes · Fireside Conversations · Q & A · Leadership Roundtables · Team Workshops​​

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Focus Areas: Performance under pressure · Accountability and ownership · Winning culture through standards · Goal discipline ·

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Also Available As A Duo With Helen Richardson Walsh

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Kate Richardson-Walsh speaking on leadership and team culture
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