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Laura Stack      

Time Management & Performance Expert, CEO of The Productivity Pro & Author of "Faster Together: Accelerating Your Team’s Productivity"

Laura Stack is an award-winning keynote speaker and bestselling author of eight books. Stack is a recognized expert in employee and team productivity, known by her moniker, “The Productivity Pro®.” With over 25 years of experience, she has effectively helped various organizations enhance their productivity and achieve significant results. Stack’s engaging and energetic speaking style, filled with real-life applicable strategies, enables teams to enhance productivity, strengthen performance, and achieve their objectives efficiently.

As the President & CEO of The Productivity Pro, Inc., a boutique consulting firm, Stack focuses on increasing workplace performance in high-stress environments. Her expertise has been sought after by top Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, including Starbucks, Wal-Mart, and the U.S. Senate, to name a few. Her latest book, "FASTER TOGETHER: Accelerating Your Team’s Productivity," was published in January 2018 and offers insights into improving team dynamics for accelerated productivity.

Stack is a past president of the National Speakers Association and has been inducted into its CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame, a prestigious recognition shared by fewer than 175 members worldwide. She holds the designation of Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), reflecting her ability to deliver substantial content that motivates professionals to improve their bottom line. Stack has been prominently featured in major publications such as the New York Times, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal, and has served as a spokesperson for notable corporations including Microsoft and 3M. Moreover, her books have reached a global audience, being published and translated in over 20 countries, underscoring her international appeal and relevance in the field of productivity.

Speech Topics


SUPERCOMPETENT®: The Six Keys to Perform at Your Productive Best

In this keynote, emerging leaders, high potentials, and new leaders will learn how to achieve peak performance in the workplace. In this competitive economy, just being able to do your job is no longer enough. Competence is expected; you've got to be SuperCompetent to get an edge. SuperCompetent will give you proven methods to reach your maximum potential and achieve breakthrough results. You'll get to your productive best by mastering six keys to peak performance.

The Seven Daily Habits of Highly Profitable Salespeople

What separates an average salesperson from a high-performing salesperson? They spend more time on activities that produce sales and less time on those that don't. Simple concept? Yes, but difficult to implement in reality, because most traditional sales training doesn't focus on productivity, and "old school" time management techniques have little application for the salesperson. In this session, you'll learn "real world" methods to manage your schedule, tasks, devices, follow-ups, and email.

The STACK ATTACK™: Mastering Your Workflow, Time, Tasks & Email

Laura STACK will help you ATTACK your organization, email, and time management systems. You will arrive with your smartphone, tablet, laptop, time management system, to-do lists, calendars, and an open mind. You will leave with an empty email inbox, a new organizational system, and a brand-new time management methodology. After this day, you will always know what to do with any piece of information that enters your life. You will watch Laura’s demonstrations of how she actually runs her workflow and receive coaching and direction while you do it.

The Ten Habits of Highly P-R-O-D-U-C-T-I-V-E Professionals! How to Get More Done in Less Time

Productive people exhibit these ten traits:

  • Preparation
  • Reduction
  • Order
  • Discipline
  • Unease
  • Concentration
  • Time Mastery
  • Information Management
  • Vitality
  • Equilibrium

Using hysterical videos to illustrate how you should NOT do things, Laura then shares the habits that professionals SHOULD use to perform at their productive best!

What to Do When There’s Too Much to Do: Reduce Tasks, Increase Results & Save 90 Minutes a Day

Everyone is so overwhelmed with demands today, it’s not uncommon for professionals to work 60 hours a week or more. Stop trying to “do more with less”! Instead, “do less and achieve more!” You’ll learn how to scale back—reduce, reduce, reduce is Laura’s mantra. Laura shows how you to separate the productive wheat from the nonproductive chaff, hone in on high-value tasks, and focus on their execution. You’ll find dozens of ways to shrink your to-do list, calendar commitments, distractions, interruptions, information overload, inefficiencies, and energy expenditures. You’ll see how you can be achieve maximum results in minimum time.

Workflow Mastery: Organize You Time, Tasks & Inbox

Laura Stack is better at workflow than 99.9999% of people in the world and is the skill that truly sets her apart from all productivity experts. It requires mastery of email handling, planning, scheduling, project, time, and task management, prioritization, and organization. Workflow is the "secret sauce" that separates ordinary performers from the extraordinary. Having these skills will set you apart from the rest. Your team will function at optimal levels with everyone using the same system. Laura's method is bulletproof. Inboxes are empty, and multiple to-do lists are integrated into a single, consolidated system.

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