17 April

Choice not Chance

There’s currently much of talk about the fact that company boards are overwhelmingly dominated by men but, whatever is being done to redress the balance, it obviously isn’t working.

Research from the Cranfield School of Management shows that board level appointments of women at FTSE 100 firms has actually slumped to only 17% of the total, well below the target set of 25%. Talk of quotas continues.

But many women start from the wrong place: they lack self belief in the early stages of life and this limits their ambitions. This is why we at GOL believe in addressing the issue in the formative years of early teenage.

Becoming a board director is not everyone’s idea of success but most of the girls we work with don’t even realise it is a possibility – let alone the fact that they can achieve it if they want to. Our Big Sisters can help by encouraging them to visualise themselves in a board room and then work back to what they need to do to get there.

It will be choice not chance that gets more women on boards.

Generosity

It was my passion for walking that led me to the idea of legging it from Manchester to London via the canal towpaths but, in case you should think I’m completely crazy, I also sought sponsorship as a way of rolling out more programmes to work with more girls. By the time I set off […]

Resilience in the pursuit of passion

A message from our founder, Jane Kenyon: Anyone who thinks running a not for profit or charity is somehow less stressful or challenging than a commercial operation has obviously never done it or had the benefit of serious financial start-up capital or many wealthy donors! My resilience is tested every day. Growing a business where […]

Confidence = can-do

Girls Out Loud was mentioned twice during a House of Commons debate at the end of November when, in the context of a debate on the ‘Girls – educational development’ we were given credit for the effectiveness of our mentoring model. MP’s were discussing the fact that studies over the last 30 years show girls […]

Apple, pear, rectangle or hour-glass?

So, are you an apple, a pear, a rectangle or an hour-glass? In case you haven’t worked it out the question is about identifying your essential body shape. You really need to know which one you are so that you can minimise your wardrobe disasters. If you’re shaped like a pear then you really should […]

Violence ought to be a bad career move

Question: Mel Gibson, Charlie Sheen and Chris Brown – what do these three have in common? Answer: they attack women. Some people seem to think this is OK. A recent survey in the USA revealed that the ‘norm’ for men was seen as someone who is emotionally controlled, puts career at the top of his […]

Choice not Chance

There’s currently much of talk about the fact that company boards are overwhelmingly dominated by men but, whatever is being done to redress the balance, it obviously isn’t working. Research from the Cranfield School of Management shows that board level appointments of women at FTSE 100 firms has actually slumped to only 17% of the […]

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