Do You Suffer From Attention Deficit Disorder In Your Career?

0
April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Focus

If you are easily distracted, the one thing you need—focus—is not always easy to find. By Beate Chelette I call it a helicopter brain and maybe you experience the same thing.  I have gotten so busy lately, and there are so many thoughts in my head, that I have to schedule absolutely everything so I don’t forget!  Between coaching, editing my new book, event speaking, interviews, consulting and being the mom of an aspiring and talented young woman, I once again find myself wondering if I can actually get it all done. I know I’m not the only one who wonders that, as our lives … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building, Career, Discover, Women's Choices, Work Life Balance Tagged With: , , , ,

Is Leaning In and Doing More Really The Answer?

1
April 2, 2013 By 1 Comment
Woman with support group

The vast majority of working women today want a more realistic way to achieve success.  By Beate Chelette They are currently America’s most famous female executives. Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s CEO and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg are today's biggest role models on juggling business and family.  Both are wives and mothers of young children and competing for their attention is nothing less than leadership of two of the biggest tech companies in the world.  No small feat and we congratulate and appreciate them for encouraging women to stay in the game and aim for more. They are positive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building, Career, Work Life Balance Tagged With: , , , , ,

Change or Move On?

2
March 6, 2013 By
open-door

When To Stay Put, Change, Or Move On Your business will tell you which is right for you. By Beate Chelette More than three months after Hurricane Sandy hit the northeast, entire neighborhoods are still struggling to overcome the devastation. Homes remain under rubble, many others are uninhabitable, and weary residents debate whether to move or rebuild.  A natural disaster zeroes in on the question of when to stay put, when to change or just move on. Change is great when you have successfully gone through it, but I don’t know anyone who enjoys the usually painful process of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Women's Choices Tagged With: , ,

Can Women Have it All? Here’s What’s Missing In The Debate

0
November 28, 2012 By
Women getting promotions

By Beate Chelette The recent Atlantic cover story on whether or not women can “have it all” has certainly hit a national nerve. The week after the article came out it had received more than 1.1 million online views.  Women and men all around the country are registering their objection or approval of author, mother of two and former State Department official Anne-Marie Slaughter’s premise that the 70s feminist mantra of “having it all” is, in reality, not so easy—and maybe not even possible unless women push for changes in society. Women who juggle career and family know … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building, Women's Choices Tagged With: , , , ,

Sticking With The Program

1
November 13, 2012 By
bigstock-Tight-Rope-Walk-1226218

Are You A Doer Or A Talker? Four steps to help you get past the roadblocks in your life. By Beate Chelette A few weeks ago I got busted by one of my own coaching clients for being out of balance.  I have a particular system that I use to help my clients create the life and business of their dreams.  We pinpoint what they need in their personal lives and career and then we put these ideas into effect and little by little, they move forward. And all the while I emphasize how vital it is to maintain a healthy work-life balance because it can affect everything, our health, attitude, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building Tagged With: , , , , ,