Guest Profile

Laura Crandall

Laura Crandall founded her management consulting firm, Slate Communication, in 2009. For over thirty years, she has worked in and consulted with industries that include manufacturing, journalism, hospitality, and academia to name a few; 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. Laura earned her master’s degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she studied cognitive neuroscience and organizational behavior. She is the author of Working With Humans - Tools You Didn't Know You Needed for Conversations You Never Expected to Have