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.

Getting Outside the Box: The 5 Behaviors of Successful Leaders

Laura StackJune 10, 2014

“I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.” — … Read more

The 7 Keys to Great Coaching – and Boosting Employee Productivity

Laura StackJune 6, 2014

“In both children and adults, there can be a hard-to-deny link between a robust sense of hope and either work productivity or academic achievement.” — … Read more

Giving Thanks: Yes, It REALLY Can Contribute to the Bottom Line

Laura StackJune 4, 2014

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” — A.A. Milne, British author of Winnie the … Read more

The Art of Communicating Employee Expectations

Laura StackMay 23, 2014

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” — George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright. In general, people … Read more

Succession Planning: A Crucial Ingredient For Long-Term Success

Laura StackMay 19, 2014

One aspect of leadership that’s often overlooked is succession planning — the process of providing for future leadership in an organization. Few of us … Read more

Do We Really Need to Have 32 People at This Meeting?

Laura StackMay 16, 2014

Editor’s Note: Sometimes readers ask about past TLNT articles. That’s why we republish a Classic TLNT post every Friday. “People who enjoy meetings should … Read more

Sometimes, Big Benefits Come Out of a Little Workforce Conflict

Laura StackMay 9, 2014

“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” — Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States. … Read more

Perfection? Sometimes Good Is Simply Good Enough

Laura StackMay 6, 2014

Perfection is a lofty goal, but it rarely happens in the day-to-day workplace. And why should it? In most things, striving for perfection represents a … Read more

5 Steps to Maximizing Your Team’s Work – and Productivity

Laura StackApril 28, 2014

“The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.” — Tom Peters, American business author As the leader of … Read more

How to Build & Maintain a Loyal Team in Today’s Workplace

Laura StackApril 18, 2014

“I’ll take 50 percent efficiency to get 100 percent loyalty.” — Samuel Goldwyn, American movie mogul. To paraphrase Forrest Gump, loyalty is as loyalty … Read more