by Beate Chelette | Nov 26, 2015 | Career/Success, Change, Communication, Discover, Innovations, Women and Leadership
What matters now? This is the question Dr. Marilyn Joyce asked me and it brought our conversation to a screeching halt. But let me back up first… As many stories go, a young man or woman is fed up with the confines of the existing system. Repressed, unhappy, and...
by Beate Chelette | Oct 1, 2015 | Communication, Equality, Women's Code
This post is for men. I know you are tired. I can tell you are fed up with constant discussions around what women want. I hear you saying, “What else could women possibly want that they don’t already have?” Women can vote and go to college, we have the...
by Beate Chelette | Sep 23, 2015 | Building a Community, Communication, Creating A Sisterhood, Women and Success, Women's Code
If you don’t have haters, you are not pushing your issues hard enough. I learned that golden nugget from one of my mentors, Roy Williams at the Wizard Academy. And if you are going to have an opinion about something, you should make an effort to learn about other...
by Beate Chelette | Sep 9, 2015 | Career/Success, Communication, Family & Friends, Women and Success, Work Life Balance
I love doing radio shows and TV interviews. Steve, a host from a station in Chicago, just sent me an email asking me to come back on his show—urgently. His new producer has not yet heard me speak about gender decoding. Steve is worried that his producer’s hot...
by Beate Chelette | Oct 2, 2014 | Communication, Social Networking
Blogs and shared content gives us glimpses into the inner workings and belief systems of the thought leaders who post them. There is a reason why some posts get thousands of reads and “Likes” while other musings barely get a few glances. It all boils down...
by Beate Chelette | Sep 16, 2014 | Communication, Social Networking
One of the biggest buzzwords you should pay attention to is relationship building. Social networking (not social media) is all about getting others to connect with us. That means we have to understand how to engage people we haven’t even met in meaningful...