Rhonda Shasteen

Chief Marketing Officer at Mary Kay Inc.

At Mary Kay for more than 25 years, and worked closely with Mary Kay Ash for 10.

Raised in Dallas, Texas. Married, 2 grown children.

At work, I enjoy helping women develop as leaders; creating solutions to complex problems;  learning new things. At home, I enjoy the cows, horses and garden; fresh country air and time with my husband; learning new things and discovering my authentic self.

With more time, I would: sew (again); exercise (more); run for political office.

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  • The viral nature of a woman on a mission

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    Yesterday, as we were gathering to begin a regularly-scheduled staff meeting, four of us were just catching up with each other on what was going on in our personal lives. One woman shared that she had just been to the doctor for her annual physical, and not only was she excited about the significant weight she had already lost, but had set a new goal to lose 17 additional pounds. Another talked about completing her first workout with a personal trainer, and how she was looking forward to the next one. And the third woman, well, talk about being on a mission. She shared that she has set a goal to compete in a triathlon, and had begun daily training for the fall event. As each of them was sharing their personal vision, I could sense the excitement in their voices, I could see by their body language that they had a sense of pride about what they were doing, and I began to feel those same things somehow magically being transferred to me. My adrenaline began to rise (or at least it felt like...
  • It's the people that make the difference

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    I was asked to give the closing keynote speech at a Global Business Summit yesterday, conducted by the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of the American Marketing Assocation. On Tuesday evening, there was a reception at a local university for the speakers, several marketing industry professionals and faculty from the university. One of my staff members from Mary Kay's market research team is the President-Elect of the local AMA chapter, so she also attended the reception. I don't get many opportunities to socialize with my team, and I was glad to have the chance to visit with her outside the normal work day environment. As we were talking, she shared with me her dream of continuing her education and pursuing a PhD, and then the conversation somehow turned to getting out of school and trying to figure out where you fit in the business world, and all the things that they don't teach you in college that you wish they would. She said they didn't teach her in college how to find the...