Julie Gilbert, Founder and CEO, WOLF Means Business, former Senior Vice President Best Buy

"Dear Steve, You broke my heart! iPAD?"

Dear Steve: You broke my heart! iPad?! Seriously?! Let’s get together for lunch. You let us down on this one. Please hire and empower senior female execs! It is difficult not to feel completely disrespected. This morning, I awoke from sleep still...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 1:06 PM by Julie Gilbert

Filed under: women, business growth, zero club, julie gilbert, wolf

At What Cost?

The most amazing and beautiful experience a woman can have is to become pregnant. The miracle and initial flutter of a little person growing inside of you is profound and indescribable…something neither words nor feelings can adequately express...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2010 3:45 PM by Julie Gilbert

Filed under: women, leadership, strategic business growth

The Most Precious Gift INDEED

There once was a little girl full of imagination and positivity who went to sleep each night in her twin bed tracking the brightest star in the night sky until she fell fast asleep dreaming of what life would bring. She regularly awoke early in the mornings...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2010 3:12 PM by Julie Gilbert

Filed under: women, motherhood, dreams, baby, girls

Imagine a Day...

Imagine a day when I, as well as you, can give a White House Project gift card to my beautiful nieces Sophie and Mikayla, or your beautiful daughters, granddaughters, and neices, for their birthdays and they can go to the The White House Project site...

Published Wed, Jun 17 2009 4:12 PM by Julie Gilbert

Filed under: innovation, leadership, support, give back, new world

Move over Rover, Women Supporting Women Taking Over!

At the risk of upsetting the apple cart, I am going to risk it. Yes I am ! I want to ask a simple question and I so hope I am completely dead wrong because frankly, I have had it! Ladies if you are one of these, look out; you are about to be moved over...

Published Fri, Jun 12 2009 4:59 PM by Julie Gilbert

Filed under: growth, innovation, leadership, women supporting women, ladies

Ladies...Just one wish!

Recently I had the pleasure to meet an amazing executive business leader who happened to be an Asian businesswoman. She was beautiful, successful, and passionate about life and, in particular, the paradox of what she had experienced in business with....

Published Fri, Apr 24 2009 7:32 PM by Julie Gilbert

Filed under: women, leadership, support

"You Get What You Give" Treat everyone like your long lost best friend!!

You “Get What You Give” Yes, we have all heard this many times but have you thought about it in terms of leadership and how you engage everyone from new people you meet at a restaurant to your team, and of course, your partner? And, what possible...

Published Wed, Apr 22 2009 7:50 AM by Julie Gilbert

Filed under: innovation, legacy, relationships, business growth, leadership, respect

HELP WANTED: YOU to UNLOCK and LIVE your PASSION!

“I want you to look inside yourself and find your passion; get in-tune with your authentic self, and start walking that journey in your life and career; b uild upon it and create your life legacy one day at a time,” I recently told a large...

Published Sun, Mar 29 2009 8:45 AM by Julie Gilbert

“That’s Just It, The TIME is NOW...WOLF Means Business"

“Really, you think I should take the buyout package and leave my Senior Vice President post at Best Buy to launch WOLF Means Business to grow other companies’ to be THE place for women to shop and work?” I responded inquisitively staring...

Published Fri, Feb 20 2009 12:39 PM by Julie Gilbert

Filed under: global, growth, network, women, innovation, business

Uniting Our Voices

“One voice can easily be diminished, but united voices stand strong! The time for growth and reinvention is NOW!” “One voice is easy to be diminished; together, united voices stand strong,” she said verbally as she spoke with the...

Published Tue, Dec 02 2008 6:59 PM by Julie Gilbert

So It's Just Politics, Is It? Is It?

(Originally posted on October 7, 2008) For more than nine months, the election has intrigued me. I've listened to sound bites while at airports, at the gym and before bed. Whether it be the lead-up to the Republican or Democratic conventions or the...

Published Wed, Nov 12 2008 6:53 PM by Julie Gilbert

Smart, Accomplished, Professional . . . But "What's With the Hugs?"

(Originally posted on July 7, 2008) I did a media interview a few months back, and the reporter asked me a question that's had me scratching my head ever since. She wanted to know how a driven businesswoman focused on business results can always be...

Published Wed, Nov 12 2008 6:52 PM by Julie Gilbert

I Can't Do the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

(Originally posted on March 21, 2008) Work was going great! I had just pulled together a cross-functional team to meet in St. Louis to reinvent a key strategy for the company. I had executive partners all signed up to be sponsors, and we'd just picked...

Published Wed, Nov 12 2008 6:50 PM by Julie Gilbert

Great Grandmother's Purse . . . To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Expected

(Originally posted on June 6, 2008) I was almost ready to attend The White House Project EPIC Awards, where I was going to be recognized for their "Circle of 10" honor, something I never in my life dreamed possible. The last item I needed before...

Published Wed, Nov 12 2008 6:50 PM by Julie Gilbert

Balance: An Everyday Battle

(Originally posted on January 18, 2008) "How do I balance it all?" asked Leanne. "I am at the crux of my future in law school – the top of my class, working for an amazing judge, and yet I am not sure how to balance it all if I want...

Published Wed, Nov 12 2008 6:49 PM by Julie Gilbert