by Beate Chelette | Nov 11, 2014 | Career/Success, Transformation, Women In Business, Work Life Balance
This is the third post in a series of five about creating your personal value proposition (PVP)—your unique skill set and integral component of your personal brand. Do you hate math? Are you emails riddled with spelling mistakes? Does writing even a short letter take...
by Beate Chelette | Nov 4, 2014 | Career/Success, Discover, Transformation, Women's Code
Last week I wrote about creating your personal value proposition so you are noticed for the right reasons by your colleagues, friends, and family. Here is the second step on how to create your PVP. A PVP represents your personal brand. It is what you stand for. Or, as...
by Beate Chelette | Oct 29, 2014 | Business, Career/Success, Women and Success, Women In Business
The single biggest mistake that most people and most businesses make is that they don’t know what makes them special. To be noticed you want to identify why you or your business are not like the others. If you don’t, you may as well be wearing an...
by Beate Chelette | Sep 4, 2014 | Business, Career/Success, Transformation, Women and Success, Women's Choices, Women's Code
We used to believe masculine women were butch, a little bit scary, wore pant suits and comfortable shoes—they were easy to spot. That surely has changed. I am a masculine alpha woman. I wear high heels, frills, skirts, and like it if my man orders dinner for me. Yet...
by Beate Chelette | Aug 26, 2014 | Business, Career/Success, Communication
Self-discipline is necessary in your online communications. Long emails are easy—the short, effective ones take more effort. Always ask yourself: What do I want to say? Is it clear? Does it need a lot of detail? Am I specifically asking for what I want the recipient...
by Beate Chelette | Aug 5, 2014 | Business, Career/Success, Discover
Time to reveal a not-so-secret secret that stares us in the face multiple times a day. You may even use this trick yourself, or at least recognize the strategy. After all, you see it on newsstands all the time. Gazing at the magazine selection while you wait for your...