Do you have a case of the ""got-a-minutes""? Can you say no to improper requests? Do you know how to recognize a timewaster when you see one? Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, is ready to help you recognize timewasters and eliminate them from your day. Laura will help you: • Learn to say no when you're overwhelmed. • Avoid resentment when people don't live up to your standards. • Determine the difference between high standards and picky-picky stan...

Faster TogetherAccelerating Your Team's ProductivityThere are more roadblocks to productivity today than ever before. Everyone who works must deal with countless emails, constant communication, cascading deadlines, and seemingly endless meetings. These can be managed efficiently, or they can be a huge time suck. When you're surrounded by slow-moving coworkers, you're stuck in a traffic jam of sorts. What makes the difference isn't individuals working harder or faster or smart...

Turn Strategy into Performance! In today’s world of rapid, disruptive change, strategy can’t be separate from execution—it has to emerge from execution. You have to continually adjust your strategy to fit new realities. But if your organization isn’t set up to be fast on its feet, you could easily go the way of Blockbuster or Borders. Laura Stack shows you how to quickly drive strategic initiatives and get great results from your team. Her LEAD Formula outlines the Four Keys to Successful ...

Burning the midnight oil is harmful to employees and employers. But deadlines loom, e-mail piles up, and your star employee has put in another thirteen-hour day. How can leaders keep key people producing at high levels but not leave the organization from overwork and stress? Laura Stack will explain how to:• Articulate the long and short-term benefits of high productivity.• Create a win/win dual contract of productivity.• Select the best method of communication for yo...

This Productivity Pro TIP eBook focuses on improving your personal productivity by organizing three critical areas: 1. Time 2. Information 3. People This eBook is written for anyone responsible for improving personal productivity---in yourself or others. Whether you're a corporate worker, a small business owner, a government employee, or a stay-at-home parent, this series will help you improve your productivity with specific, actionable, practical TIPs for su...

Do you have a firm grasp on your time? After all, you can't actually control time or add more to your day. The only thing you can control is yourself. Can you manage yourself well enough to get the most out of the time you have? Bestselling author Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, will lead you through an analysis of your time to help you: • Analyze your time like you analyze your money; • Plan the next day the night before; • Avoid the decision dilemma and know what...

Veteran professional speaker, Laura Stack, outlines the five steps to prepare for any presentation: 1. Develop your objectives. 2. Analyze the audience. 3. Structure the body and main ideas. 4. Create supporting information. 5. Develop your opening, closing, and transitions. Laura Stack will teach you how to control your speaking environment through proper room logistics: seating, set-up, microphone, and audio/visual arrangements. You'll learn to ...

If you're tired of climbing the corporate ladder, may we suggest that you take the elevator instead? SuperCompetent productivity habits can take you off that old rung-by-rung advance and push you ahead so fast that you won't even have time to notice that glass ceiling as you pass through. Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, teaches you how to turbo-charge your productivity skills by: 1. Taking full responsibility for your own success. 2. Concentrating on your most important ...

Never take your time with your loved ones for granted, for tomorrow may never come. Treasure every minute with your beloved friends and family. Make time when none exists. Put aside your work to look into your spouse's eyes and really listen. In this eBook, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, lets us in on some of the inside secrets of her successful marriage. She preaches what she practices---giving the greatest gift of all to your spouse---your time. You will learn to: • Combine...

Successful people don't trade personal satisfaction for professional achievement. They know high performance depends on both. To avoid the peaks and valleys of productivity created by balancing the urgent demands of work and personal life, professionals must be able to balance both without sacrificing either. In this eBook, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, presents her superb life balance solutions: • Establish your governing purpose and values. • Allocate time according ...

Do you have too much to read and too little time? You'll benefit from these reading techniques, designed to boost your reading productivity! Getting through your reading tasks more quickly will free up time for other priorities. You'll learn from Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, how to: • Apply a five-step process to help you become a more efficient reader. • Recognize signs of brain overload and get your mind focused again. • Get absorbed in your reading and achiev...

Powerful people exude the passion that commits fully to a course of action and sees it all the way through. Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, will teach you how to develop a winning mindset and maintain consistent, productive behaviors: • Keep an eye on your stress level and pay attention to your emotional health. • Remain creative and open to change. • Always seek better solutions. • Keep working on a task until you whittle it down to size, even when it's monu...