ALBERT Einstein once said: “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.”
Recently Women in Business revealed its new Centre of Learning and is looking forward to hosting a suite of market-leading training programmes for members over the coming months.
Our organisation absolutely recognises and appreciates the extreme significance that should be placed in promoting and encouraging the education and development of our members. Through lifelong learning, whether it comes from a novel, a classroom or a personal experience, you will come to realise it is the most effective way of expanding your knowledge and potential.
We also acknowledge that we hold a certain level of responsibility in providing our members with the tools to progress, both in business and in their personal lives. Through training courses, from supporting females back to work after maternity leave with ‘Back to Business’ we provide our members with the advice needed to aid them towards business success and achieving their goals.
We learn from a young age that educating yourself is essential, yet we are complacent in thinking that going to school and then on to university is enough to set us up with the skills-set to succeed thereafter. This is simply not the case. Education does not end after school or university and it is important to understand that the only way to truly grow as an individual is to continue learning.
Females working together successfully is reflected in the achievements of all girl schools throughout the country. This year’s Northern Ireland's A-level league table revealed that St Dominic's Belfast, an all-girls grammar school, was second in the table with 94.5 per cent of pupils achieving more than A*-C grades.
Principal Carol McGann was quoted as saying: “In our school we have a big focus on girl power, that if you work hard enough you can be whatever you want to be."
It is a well-known fact that women who support women are more successful, there are multiple studies that show this. We do this by lifting each other up and by encouraging the ambition of our female counterparts, from school into adulthood and beyond. Not only this, but by working together and supporting one another, we see that there are instrumental relationships and connections to be made.
We must continue to carry on this learning process throughout our entire lives, implement it into our workplace and teach it to our children. We should not settle for what we already know, there is so much more to learn.
Women in Business has a vision to equip women with the skills they need to, start their own business or develop their careers, rising into senior manager and leadership positions. We are encouraging women to take advantage of this variety of programmes and what they have to offer.
To find out more about the programmes on offer, or to book your space, visit www.womeninbusinessni.com or contact programmes manager nicky@womeninbusinessni.com and get ready to be inspired.
:: Roseann Kelly (roseann@ womeninbusinessni.com) is chief executive of Women in Business (www.womeninbusinessni.com)
