In The Press
Girls Visited By Movers and Shakers
From The Bath Chronicle Thu 29 Sep, 2011
Young people from across the country have travelled to Bath for a conference designed to prepare girls to become leaders in the work place. The Royal High School played host to the Girls' Day School Trust's (GDST) annual Young Leaders' Conference, which saw more than 150 sixth-formers spend the weekend in the city. The GDST, which is the UK's largest group of independent schools, brought together a selection of successful women to talk to the girls about how they could take on their male counterparts while climbing the career ladder. These included Apprentice finalist Claire Young, MP Esther McVey, Antartic explorer Felicity Aston and film maker and management consultant Linn Waites. GDST chief executive Helen Fraser said she believed men tended to shout about their achievements more than women and that was one of the reasons why there were more men in senior executive roles in UK business. She said: "One of the greatest weaknesses of women in corporate life is that they tend to sit quietly in a corner, doing brilliant work, and assuming someone will notice how great they are. But unfortunately in busy corporations, you need to claim your successes and be heard - and young women aren't always good at this. Young women need to learn how to articulate their achievements so that everyone from the CEO downwards takes notice. The sixth-formers all already hold positions of responsibility within their own schools, such as head girls, senior prefects or house and sports captains. The idea of the conference is that they have the chance to share experiences, develop team work skills and build their confidence as influential girls and inspirational women of the future."
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