Jeanette Deatherage: Confidence, Leadership, and Building a Business

Jeanette Deatherage shares how her experience in Mary Kay, military service, and frequent relocations shaped her resilience and leadership. She discusses empowering women, rebuilding through change, adapting to virtual connection, and helping others grow in confidence and business.

In this episode

• Jeanette reflects on the importance of making people feel valued and how that principle informs her work with clients.
• She shares how military service and life as a military spouse taught her discipline, adaptability, and persistence.
• After years of having a Mary Kay business without actively building it, a mentor encouraged her to set goals and take action.
• Jeanette discusses rebuilding her business through multiple moves and adapting to virtual engagement after the pandemic.
• She talks about supporting and mentoring women, leading a team, and helping others build confidence.
• The conversation touches on aging, skincare, caregiving, and navigating her husband’s cancer diagnosis with resilience and family support.

Timestamps

00:00 - Introducing Jeanette
00:41 - Meeting Mary Kay Ash
03:43 - Jeanette’s Air Force experience
06:41 - Discipline and perseverance
08:41 - Military family life and frequent moves
12:04 - Getting serious about building a business
13:38 - Starting before everything feels ready
15:43 - Encouraging women to invest in themselves
18:56 - Relocations, confidence, and mental health
23:49 - Mentoring and supporting women
24:35 - Leading a Mary Kay team
28:04 - Aging and self-acceptance
34:45 - Helping women learn makeup skills
39:21 - Prostate cancer awareness and caregiving
44:41 - Connecting with clients virtually
45:56 - How to connect with Jeanette

Jeanette Deatherage brings over 41 years of entrepreneurial leadership experience as a top Mary Kay sales consultant. Her background includes military discipline, resilience, business rebuilding through multiple relocations, and adapting to virtual engagement post-pandemic. She empowers women and leads a team, demonstrating strong leadership and communication skills in a business context.

Connect with Jeanette

Website: marykay.com/jeanetted
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jeanettedeatherage

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