Laura Stack, Author at Ere Media API

Laura Stack

Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, CPAE, aka The Productivity Pro®, gives speeches and seminars on sales and leadership productivity. For over 25 years, she’s worked with Fortune 1000 clients to reduce inefficiencies, execute more quickly, improve output, and increase profitability. Laura is the author of seven books, including Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time.

Productivity Doesn’t Make You Efficient

Laura StackSeptember 20, 2019

Most of us know the difference between effectiveness and efficiency. Effectiveness is doing the right things, while efficiency is doing things right. Their … Read more

Are You Productive Or Just Busy?

Laura StackAugust 12, 2019

We all know the standard definition of productivity: The amount of something produced in a given unit of time. That’s difficult to determine in some jobs. … Read more

Are You Guilty of Enabling the Creeps?

Laura StackJuly 8, 2019

“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good … Read more

Your Long-Term Planning Needs to Be Short-Term

Laura StackJune 19, 2019

“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – Warren Buffett “It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your … Read more

How You Can Lead From the Middle

Laura StackMay 20, 2019

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.” – John D. Rockefeller, American business magnate. Average gets a … Read more

Five Productivity Mistakes to Avoid

Laura StackApril 3, 2019

“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” – Bruce Lee, Chinese actor and martial artist Mistakes are the inevitable … Read more

Doing the Same Thing the Same Way Isn’t A Bad Thing

Laura StackFebruary 11, 2019

“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” – Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. “The … Read more

Are You Really Going to Do Everything on Your To-Do List?

Laura StackDecember 17, 2018

As an experienced professional, you may think you know your way around a to-do list, but do you really? Possibly you’ve gotten a bit off track. Is that … Read more

Pilot Your Program the ‘Ready, Fire, Aim’ Way

Laura StackNovember 9, 2018

“Ready, fire, aim. Do it! Make it happen! Action counts. No one ever sat on their way to success.” – Tom Peters, American business writer In the business … Read more

Five Easy Cures for Information Overload

Laura StackSeptember 28, 2018

“Our brains would melt if they tried to process and store even a fraction of the information they are exposed to.” Tim Pollard, American communications … Read more