by Jessica Gendron | Oct 6, 2020 | Balance, Career, Feminism, Leadership, Professional, Self-Advocacy
No female career is linear. In the last six months, I’ve talked to countless female executive leaders about their career journeys. I’ve learned that, like mine, their career took a winding and imperfect road. The paths that led us to where we...
by Jessica Gendron | May 8, 2020 | Balance, Career, For College Students, Leadership, Professional
I’ve been grumpy and unproductive. I find myself looking back at my long work days and wondering what I accomplished except for sitting in front of my computer on video calls all day – and responding to emails. I haven’t had an ounce of creativity....
by Jessica Gendron | Apr 9, 2020 | Career, Leadership, Professional
#RealTalk: Small Businesses are Not Okay I was on a Zoom call with a friend on Tuesday morning and he asked, “How’s your small business doing?” The only response I could muster was, “It’s brutal right now.” I went on to...
by Jessica Gendron | Nov 21, 2019 | Career, Professional, Self-Advocacy
Regardless of the process your boss or your organization uses to evaluate performance, you can and should be the driver of your annual performance evaluation. As a young professional, I was always a passive participant in my annual reviews. I would sit down and wait...