Ep. 47 Journaling for Growth, Reflection, and Self-Awareness with Laura Crandall 

Do you want to be more mindful of your decisions and actions? Are you looking for ways to ensure that your values are consistently reflected in your everyday life? On the latest episode of Journal with Jenny, Laura Crandall, the founder of Slate Communication, joins Jenny to discuss how journaling can be used as a purposeful tool to help you pause, reflect and grow. 

Laura shares her insights on why it is important to practice reflection when making decisions in order to make sure that they align with your character, values, and mission. She explains why it is so important to take time out of our lives to step back, think deeply about what’s happening around us, and, if necessary, adjust our actions accordingly. Laura also offers practical advice on how journaling can help us know what we are thinking. This type of self-awareness is essential for personal growth as well as professional success. Laura also discusses her own experience using journaling as a leadership tool during her executive coaching training program.

Listen now to gain insight into the power of journaling for reflection, growth, and self-awareness. If you’re looking for ways to become more mindful in your life and ensure that your values are being consistently reflected in your decisions and actions, then this episode is definitely worth listening to! 

Laura Crandall founded her management consulting firm, Slate Communication, in 2009. She has over 30 years of experience working in and consulting with industries that include manufacturing, journalism, hospitality, and academia; fifteen of those years were spent managing teams. Laura’s work is dedicated to helping people within organizations discover and develop foundational management and communication skills – the things we assume everyone has, but rarely discuss. She is also an instructor in the Career and Academic Resource Center at Harvard Extension School, where she teaches about workplace communication. 

Laura earned her master’s degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she studied cognitive neuroscience and organizational behavior. You can connect with her on her website LauraCrandall.com.

 Laura’s Upcoming Book will be released in June 2023!

Working with Humans

Tools you didn’t know you needed for conversations you never expected to have.

By Laura Crandall

The question Laura’s clients ask most frequently, in one form or another, is, “Why are people so annoying to work with?“

The answer centers on the fact that we don’t know how to communicate with each other very well at work. Despite all our shared intelligence, aptitude, and skill, when we interact with others, we’re mostly making up as we go along. 

In Working with Humans, Laura shares the essential tools she’s honed over 30 years of management and consulting work – foundational tools we all need and don’t know how to discuss. With clarity, practicality, and humor, this book helps you develop the skills needed to break the cycle of annoyance in the workplace. You’ll build confidence in how you manage a team and manage yourself, and you’ll learn how to communicate and lead with the quality that most workplaces lack: humanity.  

**I will post a link, so you can purchase Laura’s book as soon as it’s available. 

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