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.

Six Ways to Help You Handle Information Overload

Laura StackAugust 26, 2013

“There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher Social researcher S.A. Wurman once … Read more

8 Ways to Help Make Your Office Meetings More Tolerable

Laura StackAugust 16, 2013

“Meetings are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything.” — John Kenneth Galbraith, economist. As we can all attest, business meetings often waste … Read more

Five Ways to Maximize Your Team’s Overall Productivity

Laura StackAugust 9, 2013

“Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.” — Peter Drucker, American management guru What comprises true efficiency, at … Read more

Yes, Change IS Good For Us – It’s The Reality of Modern Leadership

Laura StackAugust 5, 2013

“Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.” — John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist If there’s one … Read more

What the Annual American Time Use Survey Says About Our Work Ethic

Laura StackJuly 29, 2013

“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson For the past several years, I’ve reviewed and … Read more

10 Reasons Why You Need to Quit Trying to Be Perfect

Laura StackJuly 26, 2013

“Practice doesn’t make perfect. Practice reduces the imperfection.” — Toba Beta, Indonesian author At one time or another, anyone who cares about producing … Read more

Beating the Beast: Working to Overcome the Bureaucratic Mindset

Laura StackJuly 16, 2013

“Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the … Read more

Is It Counterproductive to Have an Open Door Policy?

Laura StackJuly 9, 2013

“Nothing traps you in the urgency of the moment like availability.” — Sam Raimer, Baptist pastor and blogger. Anyone in a leadership position, from an … Read more

Nobody Is Indispensable, or Why You Really Need Succession Planning

Laura StackJuly 5, 2013

“The graveyards are full of indispensable men.” — Charles DeGaulle One of the basic tenets of popular business advice, publicized even by industry leaders … Read more

The Lamest Workplace Excuse Ever: “That’s Not My Job”

Laura StackJune 28, 2013

“If you ever answer someone important with “That’s Not My Job,” you will be RIGHT! It won’t be your job when you’re terminated for being unimportant or … Read more