by Jessica Gendron | Apr 15, 2020 | Leadership, Self-Advocacy
I saw a meme the other day that boldly stated, “Optimism is the New Grit.” It made me want to punch something. I am a realist by nature. The mere idea of optimism feels a little superfluous to me. I’ve always felt that optimism sets you up for...
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 | Mar 30, 2020 | Balance, Leadership
There we were, yelling at each other, standing in the master bathroom. I can’t even recall what it was about, but it was pointless. It was just one, amongst a string of inconsequential disagreements my partner and I have had in the last two weeks. He walked out...
by Jessica Gendron | Nov 7, 2019 | Leadership
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...
by Jessica Gendron | Oct 24, 2019 | For College Students, Leadership, Professional
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...
by Jessica Gendron | Oct 22, 2019 | Leadership
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 –...
