Dame Katherine Grainger, Olympic Rowing Champion

“Where there is failure, there a chance to do better”

One of Britain’s most successful female Olympians, after collecting three Olympic silvers she finally took gold alongside Anna Watkins at the London Games. She returned to her boat in time for the Rio Olympics and once again won silver.

Talking about celebrating failure and how the bench marks of success will always change.  Katherine reveals the little things she did differently to improve, and how ability to identify and exploit opportunity pays off in high level competition. She also describes “the terror, fear, excitement and passion.”

Themes covered:

• Embracing failure
• Setting clear goals
• Building great teams