Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, is a personal productivity expert, author and professional speaker who helps busy workers Leave the Office Earlier® with Maximum Results in Minimum Time®.

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. Laura is a high-energy, high-content speaker, who educates, entertains and motivates professionals to improve workplace productivity.

Laura is the bestselling author of four published books. Her newest book, Supercompetent, will hit bookstores in fall 2010 (John Wiley & Sons). Her other works include The Exhaustion Cure (Broadway Books, 2008), 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. She is also a contributor to two of the popular Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Laura's popular monthly electronic newsletter has subscribers in 38 countries. She is a Certified Specialist in Microsoft® Office Outlook.

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 and in the New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, the WashingtonPost.com, the Chicago Tribune, O Magazine, SELF, Me, Working Mother magazine, Entrepreneur magazine, Readers Digest, Woman's Day, and Parents magazine.

Laura has been a spokesperson for Microsoft, 3M and Day-Timers, and she is the creator of The Productivity Pro® line of Day-Timer® planning system. Her client list includes top Fortune 500 companies such as 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 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 Vice President of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and is the recipient of the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, NSA's highest earned designation.

• SuperCompetent™: The Six Keys to Perform at Your Productive Best - Based on Laura's business book of the same title, this is her program on how high potentials can achieve peak performance in the workplace. 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™. 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. Whether you're an employee, an entrepreneur, a team leader or all of the above, SuperCompetent will give you proven methods to reach your and your team's maximum potential and achieve breakthrough results. SuperCompetency is not about mantras but about mindsets. SuperCompetent will transform how you think.
  
  
• Leave the Office Earlier®: How to Get More Done in Less Time...and Feel Great About It - Based on Laura Stack's bestselling book of the same title, this is her flagship time management keynote on how to be more productive at work so you can achieve the same results in less time and leave the office earlier®. In this high-energy, hysterical presentation, Laura shows you how to keep technology from controlling your time; stay focused and concentrate; communicate with your team and boss to improve personal productivity; plug productivity leaks in your day; build consistent personal routines; eliminate annoying time wasters and improve your personal efficiency. Attendees leave the program laughing and saying, "Oh my goodness, she was looking over my shoulder! Everything she modeled I'm doing!" The ideas in this innovative and thought-provoking program will allow you to reduce the number of hours you work each week without compromising output.
  
  
• Obsessive Compulsive Social Media Disorder - You absolutely need a presence in social media as a business strategy, but do you have Obsessive Compulsive Social Media Disorder? On one hand, it can help you make connections and expand your professional network faster than ever before. On the other hand, you can dump countless hours into social networking sites and see little return on the investment. It's like digital quicksand: sucking your time into the abyss. Listen to Laura Stack explain how you can be involved in social media without living in social media. Learn how to increase efficiency, reduce multi-tasking and reduce wasted time using social media.
  
  
• Find More Time: How to Get Things Done and Organize Your Life - Based on Laura's book of the same title, this work/life balance keynote adds in the element of your personal life. Perfect for groups that want to take a more holistic approach to productivity in life, not simply work. Successful people don't want to trade personal satisfaction for professional achievement; they know high performance depends on both. Professionals must be able to balance work and family without sacrificing either. This encouraging, lively, results-oriented keynote offers key principles and techniques to help professionals eliminate obstacles to success; work smarter at work and balance time across their lives. Perfect for audiences of busy men and women who work hard all day and go home to-the second shift-the job they don't get paid for. Learn to match time to values while juggling work, kids, chores, volunteering, errands, and household projects. Laura's ideas will help you improve your productivity at home, get more done than ever before, and have more time to enjoy your life.
  
  
• The Exhaustion Cure: UP Your Energy From LOW to GO in 21 Days - This "energy" speech deals with how to be productive when you can't pick yourself up off the couch. Lack of energy is a common complaint at work and home, and many people sleepwalk through the day, fuzzyheaded and lethargic. Nothing sounds more attractive than putting your head down on your desk for a quick nap. How can you possibly begin that big project requiring high levels of creativity and concentration? If the mere thought of having more energy leaves you totally exhausted, you need this program! 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 boosts your energy with physiological strategies (such as diet, exercise and sleep), behavioral strategies (such as tolerations, relaxation and pacing) and environmental strategies (such as lighting, noise and clutter). Discover the Energy Bandits that sap your energy every day and learn to fight back with Energy Boosters.
  
  
• Get More Work From Fewer People: Without Making Them Hate You or Quit - Laura's leadership keynote...suited for professionals who are responsible for improving the productivity of direct reports or teams and have to get more done with fewer people. Good leaders understand that time management is not about squeezing more into the day; it's about you and your people spending time productively toward the accomplishment of organizational goals. Managing the clock isn't the answer - teaching employees to manage themselves is. If a mountain of deadlines and a staff that surfs the Internet for pleasure is keeping you awake at night, bring Laura in for guidance. This program teaches you how to coach employees to peak performance; manage meetings; use your admin more effectively; improve process efficiencies; delegate instead of do; maintain an "open door" policy while guarding against "drop in" visitors; create tracking and reminder systems; use Outlook to delegate and track assigned tasks; craft communication protocols governing the use of technology; avoid "speed bumps" in employees' paths; eliminate activities that waste time; and model effective personal productivity behavior.