Sally Munday: Being an authentic leader at the very top of sport

S12 Ep 8

Sally Munday is CEO of UK Sport and a former CEO of England and GB Hockey.

To mark our 100th episode we returned to talk to this extraordinary woman, considered by many to be one of the most influential individuals in British Sport. This episode was also recorded live in front of an audience at Leaders Week London.

To find out more about Sally’s early life and the transformative work she did in over 20 years at England Hockey, do go back and listen to episode 3 in the very first series.

Sally is incredibly candid in this fascinating episode as she first shares her experience of leading UK Sport as COVID struck and the changes that were needed to the organisation, the sports sector and her leadership style.

We talk about the changing culture of UK Sport, gender balance in Team GB, Paralympics GB and elite coaching and the work of the organisation around major international events.

Sally is very frank about what needs to change to overcome the inherent misogyny that still exists in sport, and we also talk about important issues of safeguarding and athlete welfare.

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Hosted by Sue Anstiss
Produced by Sam Walker, What Goes On Media

A Fearless Women production