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Leaders who need to get more productivity out of the people they have, so they can grow their organizations and improve profitability without adding staff, professionals who want to get more work done in less time and decrease work hours, and sales professionals pressed to generate more sales while on the road.

She is the president of The Productivity Pro®, Inc., a time management training firm specializing in productivity improvement in high-stress organizations. Since 1992, Laura has presented keynotes and seminars on improving output, lowering stress, and saving time in today’s workplaces. She is one of a handful of professional speakers whose business focuses solely on time management and productivity topics. She is a high-energy, high-content speaker, who educates, entertains, and motivates professionals to improve workplace productivity. Laura is the author or co-author of five books, including Find More Time (Broadway Books, 2006) and the bestselling Leave the Office Earlier (Broadway Books, 2004), which was hailed as “the best of the bunch” by the New York Times and listed on the June 2004 Book Sense Business & Economics Bestseller list. Leave the Office Earlier has been published in seven countries and in five foreign languages, including Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, and Italian. Her newest book The Exhaustion Cure: Up Your Energy from Low to Go in 21 Days (Broadway Books) hits bookstores in May 2008. She is also a contributor to two of the popular Chicken Soup for the Soul books.

Widely regarded as one of the leading experts in the field of employee productivity and workplace issues, she has been featured nationally on the CBS Early Show, CNN, NPR, Bloomberg, NBC TV, WB News, The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, the WashingtonPost.com, the Chicago Tribune, SELF, Me, Working Mother magazine, Bottom Line Personal, Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, Entrepreneur magazine, Readers Digest, Cosmopolitan, Woman’s Day, and Parents magazine. Laura draws from her background as a corporate manager, a University of Colorado instructor, CareerTrack speaker, radio talk show host, newspaper columnist, and small business owner.

Laura holds an MBA in Organizational Management (University of Colorado, 1991), integrating the importance of productivity in business with employee retention and satisfaction. She is the Treasurer of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and is the recipient of the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, NSA’s highest earned designation, held by less than 10% of professional speakers worldwide.

Clients

Laura Stack's clients include Microsoft, IBM, GM, Coors, the Denver Broncos, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, Wells Fargo, Mobil, Time Warner, and VISA, plus a multitude of associations and governmental agencies. Laura is a spokesperson for 3M, Microsoft®, and Day-Timers®, Inc. and is a Certified Specialist in Microsoft® Office Outlook. Laura lives with her husband and three children in Denver, Colorado.

Topics

Leave the Office Earlier: How to do More in Less Time and Feel Great About it.

Laura’s flagship TIME MANAGEMENT keynote on how to be more productive at work.  Laura shows you how to • keep technology from controlling your time • stay focused and concentrate • communicate to improve teamwork • plug productivity leaks • build consistent routines • eliminate time wasters • and improve your efficiency.  Perfect for professionals who work long hours.  You’ll learn to reduce the number of hours you work each week without compromising output or sacrificing results.

Find More Time: How to Get Things Done and Organize Your Life.

Laura’s LIFE BALANCE keynote on how to blend work and family without sacrificing either.  Laura offers techniques to • help professionals eliminate obstacles to success • work smarter at work • and balance time across their lives.  Perfect for those trying to juggle work, kids, chores, volunteering, errands, and household projects. You’ll learn to improve your productivity, and get more done than ever before.

The Exhaustion Cure: Up Your Energy From Low to Go in 21 Days.

Laura’s PERSONAL ENERGY keynote on how to be productive when you can’t pick yourself up off the couch.  You can know all the productivity tips in the world, but nothing will work if you don’t have the energy to give 100 percent.  Laura shows you how things such as • tolerations • relaxation • pacing • lighting • noise • and clutter can impact your energy. Perfect for the pooped.  You’ll learn to fight energy bandits with energy boosters and will soon be bopping around with increased vim and vigor.

Get More Work From Fewer People: Without Making Them Hate You or Quit.

Laura’s LEADERSHIP keynote on how managers can improve employee productivity.  Laura teaches you how to • control meetings • use an admin more effectively • improve process efficiencies • delegate instead of do • ward off “drop in” visitors • create tracking and reminder systems • avoid “speed bumps” in employees’ paths • eliminate activities that waste time • and model effective productivity behavior. Perfect for those in leadership positions who have lost staff but are still expected to accomplish greater results.

SUPERCOMPETENT™ Achieve Maximum Results in Minimum Time® and Perform at Your Productive Best

Based on Laura's fourth, upcoming business book of the same title (Wiley, 2010), this is her speech on how to achieve peak performance. The new mantra is "buckle down!" These times are about a return to quality rather than quantity; all of us must learn to be competent—and not just plain, old-fashioned competent, but SuperCompetent™. SuperCompetence is better than leadership: it's the ability to be good at everything. And the good news is that it's not in the genes; we can all learn it! The key is to understand and master the six universal traits productive people use to achieve Maximum Results in Minimum Time®: Focus, Organization, Connectedness, Discipline, Efficiency, and Effort. SuperCompetent™ people are better in these areas than everyone else.  When you're on top of them, you can move from the “zero thinking” of the average workplace performer to the “hero thinking” of the SuperCompetent™ pro—not by memorizing mantras but by changing your entire mindset. If you want to achieve success in any area of life, across any area of work, you’ll need to master them too. Reach this new level of competence, and you just may keep your job when those around you are losing theirs.

DIGITAL QUICKSAND: Avoiding Obsessive Compulsive Social Media Disorder (NEW!)

Like most technology, social networks and other social media tools are great resources but lousy masters.  You could spend all day hopping around to different sites, updating your information, and connecting with people all over the world.  But how does that add to your daily productivity?

Objectives:

• Nail down your SM goals.
• Pick a few key targets.
• Get into a routine.
• Keep up with it.
• Avoid distractions.
• Don’t use real time.
• Embrace third-party apps to automate.
• Turn one post into multiple posts.
• Don’t search: scan.
• Heed the Time Twit warnings

Laura Stack is also the Vice President of the National Speakers Association, and will be national president in 2011-2012. Laura holds an MBA and has been awarded the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, the highest earned designation given by the National Speakers Association. Laura Stack's latest book is Supercompetent, and it will be available just in time for your 2010 conferences and events. Please contact us for more information or to book Laura Stack.