Aspire - Leadership for the future

‘Girls with attitude’

Sue Field,
Deputy Chief Executive, Girlguiding UK

Sue believes passionately in the amazing work that her organization is doing for the next generation of women. The Girl Guides (102 years young) provides an invaluable platform for girls to express their attitudes, find ways to grow in confidence and so truly fulfil their potential, but there is still more to be done as the Girlguiding’s annual Girls Attitude's survey shows. However Sue feels that some of the worrying facts about girls and their careers choices can be dealt with in some simple ways through the influence of senior women and people with an ambition to see more women in the boardroom. Through their passion and dedication they can truly help change things in the workplace.

 

Coming off the Sidelines and Marmite

When it comes to what you want to communicate, think Marmite - you love what you do so communicate that as bravely, boldly and differently as you can. Reaching out for help is O.K., being honest is good, most people want to help - it’s in our DNA, find alignment, move on if it doesn’t gel, be brief, be bright, be gone, connect and, finally, honesty rules!

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