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...

So many things compete for our attention in the workplace---background noise, interruptions, drop-in visitors, and email---it's often very difficult to concentrate.  Would you like to learn how to be present, keep your brain sharp, and focus on the task at hand? Bestselling author Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, presents her Six Secrets of Focus: 1. Set up your office for maximum productivity and minimum distractions. 2. Avoid wasted time from daydreaming. 3. ...

You have a sink full of dishes to wash, three loads of laundry to do, seventeen bills to pay, thirty-six e-mails to answer, a big stack of novels on the nightstand you’d love to read, and zero minutes of free time. You can’t add more hours to the day, but Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will help you make the most of the time you have and get things done.The Productivity Pro® helps you determine what you have under control and where you need to improve. Are you good at managing...

The nature of work today can intensify emotional reactions. As you face the pressures of more work, more interaction with co-workers, and more stressful deadlines, you are likely to find yourself in situations where it is critical to identify and control your emotions. In this program, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, examines the link between your emotions and stress. You will learn to: • Discover the sources of your stress. • Keep stress from affecting your producti...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Do you process information quickly or let it pile up? Do you have piles of paper on your desk and piles of files in your computer?  Bestselling author Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, will use her proprietary 6-D System to show you how to manage information.  You'll learn to quickly process paper, email, calls, and information through your system as soon as it crosses your desk. You'll learn to: • Move information through your system quickly; • Assign and track ...

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 ...

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...