I hated performance evaluations. I always greeted them with an overwhelming sense of dread – and I never really thought too much about why, until recently when I was writing a blog about preparing for an annual performance evaluation (coming next week). When I was early in my career, I always felt like I hadContinue reading “Attitude: The Unfair Expectation Women Face at Work.”
Author Archives: Jessica Gendron
The Most Important Book You’ll Ever Own.
It’s of average size and comes in a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors. It has no publisher, no title, and no reviews on Amazon. The author is you. The book? A Success Journal. The concept is simple: Have a dedicated place where you regularly record your accomplishments. Big ones and small ones. Personal onesContinue reading “The Most Important Book You’ll Ever Own.”
We Have a Pipeline Problem
The McKinsey Women in the Workplace 2019 study was recently released and while it shows that over the last five years women have made significant gains in representation in senior leadership, as well as companies’ commitment overall to gender diversity – there is still a glaring and widening gap. While the majority of college graduatesContinue reading “We Have a Pipeline Problem”
Your Feminism, My Feminism, All Feminism.
I’ve heard a lot of women, young and old, utter the words, “I’m not a feminist.” That statement, particularly from women, always leaves me a little flabbergasted. I find myself wondering how a woman could claim she’s not a feminist; How a woman could claim she doesn’t care about equal rights for herself and herContinue reading “Your Feminism, My Feminism, All Feminism.”
What Going Vegan Taught Me About Work-Life Balance
I’ve been a vegetarian before. I don’t eat that much cheese and after a couple rounds of Whole30, I can’t look at eggs the same way ever again. Heart disease, A-Fib, high cholesterol run on both sides of my family. Couple all that with the overwhelming sense of impending doom related to climate change (eliminatingContinue reading “What Going Vegan Taught Me About Work-Life Balance”
