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When is it Time to Stop Playing it Safe?
Sometimes it pays to be cautious as we learn through experience. Other times we need to step it up and get more bold.

Louise Carnachan
May 134 min read


Dodging Goose Poop
Sometimes we have to dodge around poop on the path, literally and figuratively.

Louise Carnachan
Mar 92 min read


Anxiety
Anxiety runs rampant in our society for both adults and children. Here are some practical tools.

Louise Carnachan
Feb 113 min read


Supercommunicators
The best communicators are clear about the purpose of a conversation--and it's not just the topic, it's the needs being met.

Louise Carnachan
Dec 10, 20243 min read


Unsolicited Advice (Shut Up Already!)
Sometimes one more piece of unsolicited advice can send you over the edge. But how often do we do that to others?

Louise Carnachan
Nov 12, 20243 min read


Always Late
Exasperated by someone who is always late? Here are some insights and tips.

Louise Carnachan
Sep 10, 20243 min read


Listen
It's maddening to try to communicate with someone who has already decided what you have to say.

Louise Carnachan
Jul 9, 20243 min read


It's All In Your Perspective
Have you ever found out after you've completed something that you saw it all wrong? It's a matter of perspective.

Louise Carnachan
Apr 9, 20243 min read


You're Telling Me This, Why?
Is the supposed reason for the call the real point? When we talk, we're often asking for more than we express clearly.

Louise Carnachan
Mar 12, 20243 min read


Missing the Obvious
We’d been at it for an hour when I, for the second time, handed the banker a document I’d received in the mail. She gave it a more...

Louise Carnachan
Dec 12, 20233 min read


After the Strike
The adjoining conference rooms opened into one weird L shape. Seating was available but not one of the thirty people took a chair; they...

Louise Carnachan
Nov 14, 20233 min read


The Employee Who Stands Out
Signing bonuses, work from home options, pay competition, and leaping to the next job with a higher salary—nice work if you can get it!...

Louise Carnachan
Oct 10, 20234 min read


Navigating Work Relationships
It’s been three and a half years since the pandemic threw everything sideways. The many and varied consequences of the shut downs,...

Louise Carnachan
Sep 12, 20234 min read


Self-Confidence or Narcissistic Ignorance?
I’ve been pondering the question of whether the person who proceeds gamely forward without deep knowledge or experience is an irritant or...

Louise Carnachan
Aug 15, 20234 min read


Preconceptions
I wasn’t planning on buying a new car that day yet I thought I’d look while the trade-in value for my old car was high. I’d had a decent...

Louise Carnachan
Jul 11, 20233 min read


Is an Optimistic Vision a Delusion?
Recently, I naively got into more than I’d bargained for. I didn’t know as much as I probably should’ve so I stumbled gamely forward...

Louise Carnachan
May 18, 20233 min read


People Who Love Their Work
The plane was still boarding when a man in an airlines uniform stopped to talk with the passenger ahead of me. “I know that guy,” he...

Louise Carnachan
May 2, 20233 min read


It's February: Love is in the Air (& Office?)
I f thou remem’brest not the slightest folly That ever love did make thee run into Thou hast not loved. William Shakespeare, As You Like...

Louise Carnachan
Feb 7, 20232 min read


What's Your Next Hero's Journey?
I wondered if writing and publishing Work Jerks: How to Cope with Difficult Bosses and Colleagues could be considered a hero’s journey....

Louise Carnachan
Jan 3, 20233 min read


Poorly Wrapped Communication Packages
“I haven’t finished asking my question,” I snapped at my mother’s physician who had interrupted me at every turn. Because I’d spoken with...

Louise Carnachan
Dec 6, 20223 min read
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