Synopses & Reviews
The “Work Less, More Success” Guide to Managing Your TimeAre you tired of productivity consultants—or worse, your boss—pushing you to do more with less? You’re in luck. Laura Stack knows your to-do list is already packed to capacity, so she shows you how to accomplish more by doing less. Yes, you read that right. Stack’s innovative time-management system lets you work less and achieve more.
Following Stack’s step-by-step Productivity Workflow Formula, you’ll organize your life around the tasks that really matter and—this is crucial—let go of those that don’t. Dozens of practical strategies will help you reduce your commitments, distractions, interruptions, and inefficiencies. You’ll shrink your to-do list and save time—around ninety minutes a day—while skyrocketing your results and maintaining your sanity.
“With the world spinning faster every day, Stack’s advice is especially timely. Her easy-to-implement system will get busy workers off the treadmill and on the right track.”
—Harvey Mackay, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive
“Practical. Precise. Pithy. Stack’s finest work to date. This book provides a productive path to a satisfying life.”
—Dianna Booher, author of Creating Personal Presence and Communicate with Confidence!
“Finally, a guaranteed method to lose weight—the weight of thousands of issues dragging you down and slowing your progress. Stack turns you into a lean, mean performance machine. You will want to put this book down—so that you can hurry to get your life back in order.”
—Alan Weiss, PhD, author of Million Dollar Consulting and The Consulting Bible
Review
“Stack’s incredible book shows you how to get organized better and get more done faster than you ever thought possible.”
—Brian Tracy, author of Eat That Frog! and No Excuses!
“This book will save you time, money, and—most of all—your sanity. In our fast-moving, multitasking world of now-now-now, Laura Stack is an extraordinary resource for you, and her expertise is delivered with this book.”
—Tim Sanders, bestselling author and former Chief Solutions Officer, Yahoo!
“I don’t know anybody who is more organized or who has more energy and has more fun getting things done than Laura Stack. No kidding. She doesn’t just write about what she knows; she writes about what she lives. If you feel like there’s too much to do, read this book for tips, tactics, and strategies that will decrease the time you invest and increase the results you enjoy.”
—Mark Sanborn, author of Up, Down, or Sideways and The Fred Factor
“Laura Stack improved our work flow, communication, coordination, documentation support, and teamwork. Her touch to our business made and continues to make a lasting change for the better. I can’t say enough about how helpful her knowledge and training have been.”
—Montague Boyd, Senior Vice President, Investments, UBS Financial Services
“I am a raving fan of Laura Stack because she is the absolute master of teaching me how to do less and achieve more. For me, like so many others, time has become the new currency. I can always make more money, but I can’t make more time. Laura teaches me to make much better use of the time that I have so that I can do more of what I want to do. For me, that’s priceless. This book will motivate you to do the simple yet powerful things that can make your work and your life immeasurably more productive and fulfilling.”
—Joe Calloway, author of Becoming a Category of One
“Leadership, strategy, and business acumen are essential for being successful in business today. At the heart of Laura’s effective productivity system are strategies to maximize these essential business skills. Read this book! Adopting her system will unleash your strategic thinking potential and productivity in your business and maximize your results. It has worked for us, and I guarantee it will work for you!”
—Mike Howard, Chief Security Officer, Microsoft Corporation
“If you have so much to do that you’re not sure what to do, here’s the first thing to do: buy Laura’s book!”
—Randy Gage, author of Prosperity Mind
“Are you overworked, overstressed, and overwhelmed, yet still you’re underproducing? Laura Stack can help you. Buy this book and devour it. You can do less, stress less, and still achieve more. It’s possible! Learn how inside.”
—Darren Hardy, Publisher, Success magazine, and New York Times bestselling author of The Compound Effect
Synopsis
These days, everyone is busy. Advances in technology mean there is more information to sort through than ever. Work hours have increased, but to-do lists are endless - schedules get blown in the first five minutes of the day. You could spend more time “planning” and “prioritizing” your list than actually doing the work! At work and in life, we all just have too much to do! And when you have too much to do, it’s hard to feel productive.
If you can’t do everything, you need to put your time and energy into what will yield the more important results. Laura Stack shows how to hone in on the high-value tasks, protect the time to do them, focus on their execution, and organize your life around the stuff that really matters. Her innovative, step-by-step Productivity Workflow Formula (PWF) allows you to spend less time and achieve greater results than you ever thought possible. We can no longer do more with less – we can’t put in more hours or work harder than we are now – we have to work differently and do less to achieve more.
Synopsis
In today's world of rapid, disruptive change, strategy can't be separate from execution--it has to
emerge from execution. You have to continually adjust your strategy to fit new realities. But if your organization isn't set up to be fast on its feet, you could easily go the way of Blockbuster or Borders.
Laura Stack shows you how to quickly drive strategic initiatives and get great results from your team. Her LEAD Formula outlines the Four Keys to Successful Execution: the ability to Leverage your talent and resources, design an Environment to support an agile culture, create Alignment between strategic priorities and operational activities, and Drive the organization forward quickly. She includes a leadership team assessment, group reading guides, and bonus self-development resources. Stack will equip you with the knowledge, skills, and inspiration to help you hit the ground running
About the Author
Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, has consulted with Fortune 500 corporations for nearly 20 years in the field of personal productivity. She is the president of The Productivity Pro®, Inc., and the president of the National Speakers Association. For 20 years, she’s presented keynotes and seminars on improving output, lowering stress, and saving time in today’s workplaces. Laura’s work has been featured nationally on the CBS Early Show, CNN, NPR, Bloomberg, NBC TV, the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the WashingtonPost.com, the Chicago Tribune, O Magazine, Entrepreneur, Readers Digest, and Forbes magazine. Her client list includes Starbucks, Wal-Mart, IBM, GM, MillerCoors, Lockheed Martin, Wells Fargo, and Time Warner. Laura Stack is also the author of many other books, including Leave the Office Earlier.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Productivity WorkFlow Formula
Chapter 1: Determine (What to do)
Chapter 2: Schedule (Time to do it)
Chapter 3: Focus (Your attention)
Chapter 4: Process (New information
Chapter 5: Close (The loop)
Chapter 6: Manage (Your capacity)
Conclusion