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...

What to tackle and what to toss: "I don't know anyone who is more organized or who has more energy and has more fun getting things done than Laura Stack." —Mark Sanborn, New York Times–bestselling author of You Don't Need a Title to Be a LeaderThere is a set of skills that make it possible to not only effectively manage a whirlwind of daily tasks but breathe easier in the process. In this book, Laura Stack—aka the Productivity Pro—explains each sk...

Do you find yourself continually racing against time? Do you feel that you have so much to do that it's difficult to get anything done? Time management is much more complicated than making a list and checking things off. Managing time effectively is the key to managing your individual performance. In this audio program, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, will teach you how to set priorities; focus on what's truly important; and schedule your day. You’ll learn how to: • Take advan...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Would you like to learn how to get decision makers to read your documents? Would you like your materials to be placed at the top of the stack? Now you can! Learn from Laura Stack, the author of several published books, as she offers sage advice for successful business writing. Whether you're crafting cover letters, resumes, or emails, keep these five key communication principles in mind. Your writing must be: 1. Clear: free from confusion; understandable 2. Concise: short a...