All posts by Laura Crandall
How Clearly Are You Seeing Your Organization?
Can you really see your organization clearly? Do intergenerational issues, a toxic culture or unclear expectations cloud your vision? Communications expert and management strategist Laura Crandall will join us to discuss how we can get a new perspective, shift our assumptions, and learn new strategies for organizational clarity.
A Change in Perspective – 3 Ways to Leverage Curiosity at Work
When you shift your perspective even the smallest degree, you can begin developing new ideas and generative thought – highly valuable tools work places that love the words “innovation,” “iteration”, and “adaptation.” And curiosity is the key.
3 Questions – How Good Are You at Giving Performance Feedback?
Ever notice that books about how managers can learn to give performance feedback focus on really difficult conversations first? It seems like a completely awful place to begin. Sort of like […]
Who are your heroes?
Who are the people you most admire? Stop for a moment and list the top ten. What do they have in common? The first commonality is you because it’s your […]
Finding Real Reasons to Celebrate at Work
Tonight we’ll see a Supermoon, the likes of which we haven’t seen since 1982 and won’t see again until 2033. Tonight the moon is at its closest annual point to […]
Daily Adventures and the Frontier Spirit
I’m a Garrison Keillor fan who grew-up listening to A Prairie Home Companion. I still like listening to stories about Lake Wobegon’s residents, each full of humor and rich humanity. […]
Poetry Emergencies – or The Importance of Joy & Inspiration in Work
Inspiration for my work often comes from unexpected sources. Today, it came from Peter Paphides and his piece on the eight-day whirlwind that created the charity single and video to […]
It’s September. Start Your Story.
The beginning of the school year holds a tiny bit of magic. It’s the same magic that can be found at the beginning of a story – a good one […]
Accountable and Accountability
Accountability and accountable are very popular words in business today. After a conversation with a colleague about his direct reports, I realized that he was using these words interchangeably and […]
An Odd Secret About Leadership
A master’s student recently interviewed me for a paper he’s writing. He is writing a case based on his experience as a head of a small private school and the […]
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