Laura Stack

Current

• Spokesperson at Day-Timers, Inc
• Vice President at National Speakers Association
• President & CEO at The Productivity Pro(R), Inc.

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Past

• Adjunct Professor at University of Colorado
• National Trainer at CareerTrack
• Coro Foundation Fellow at Coro Center for Civic Leadership

• Management Associate at TRW

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Education

• University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
• University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• The Productivity Pro, Inc.
• Laura Stack's Blog
• The Productivity Pro Day-Timer

Laura Stack’s Summary

• President and CEO of The Productivity Pro®, Inc., a Denver-based productivity consulting firm dedicated to building high-performance productivity cultures in organizations by creating Maximum Results in Minimum Time(R) with greater profits.

• Presents over 100 keynotes and seminars internationally each year on improving output, lowering stress, and saving time in today’s workplaces and homes. Our business focuses solely on time management and personal productivity topics, teaching original principles on information overload, email management, performance improvement, and time mastery.

• Bestselling author of three books published by Random House: The Exhaustion Cure (2008); Find More Time (2006); Leave the Office Earlier (2004).

• Designer of The Productivity Pro® line of Day-Timer Planner for handheld users.

• Founder, Annual National Leave the Office Earlier day, officially listed in Chase’s Calendar of Events. Through focused productivity, workers can accomplish the results they need in less time, leave the office earlier, and get home to their lives.

• Spokesperson roles have included Day-Timer (current), Microsoft, 3M, and Xerox, as their featured speaker at conferences, content contributor on their websites, and in webcasts around the globe.

• At 21 years old, Laura was the youngest MBA graduate at the University of Colorado at that time.

• Director, National Speakers Association (NSA). Recipient of the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, held by fewer than 10 percent of professional speakers worldwide.

• Quoted or featured in CBS The Early Show, CNN, ABC, NBC, WB News, NPR, Bloomberg, CBS radio, The New York Times, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, O Magazine, Readers Digest, and Entrepreneur.

• Clients include Starbucks, Tyco, AT&T, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, KPMG, Nationwide, Sunoco, IBM, Ball Aerospace, Qwest, U.S. Bank, McDonald's, Nestle, EMC, Oppenheimer, Time Warner, Wells Fargo, VISA, and Lockheed Martin.

Laura Stack’s Specialties:

train, trainer, training, teacher, teaching, instructor, instructing, speaker, speaking, keynotes, seminars, workshops, presentations, speeches, coaching, productivity expert, productivity improvement, personal productivity, employee productivity, time management, office organization, clutter, organization, email management, Microsoft Outlook, email, concentration, life balance, multi-tasking, focus, life balance, stress management, efficiency, team building, getting things done

Laura Stack’s Experience

• Spokesperson

  Day-Timers, Inc

  (Public Company; Consumer Goods industry)

  November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

  Laura Stack is the productivity expert spokesperson for Day-Timer, Inc. and is the designer of line of The Productivity Pro branded Day-Timer for the handheld user.

• Vice President

  National Speakers Association

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  2002 — Present (7 years )

  Vice President of the National Speakers Association; President 2011-2012

• President & CEO

  The Productivity Pro(R), Inc.

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  November 1992 — Present (17 years 1 month)

  Dedicated to building high-performance productivity cultures in organizations by creating Maximum Results in Minimum Time(R) with greater profits.

• Adjunct Professor

  University of Colorado

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 1997 — December 1998 (1 year 4 months)

  Taught ORG MGT 330, INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION

• National Trainer

  CareerTrack

  (Privately Held; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  November 1992 — December 1995 (3 years 2 months)

  Presented full-day public and onsite training seminars as an independent contractor throughout the USA. Specialized in topics of time management and organization.

• Coro Foundation Fellow

  Coro Center for Civic Leadership

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  1992 — 1993 (1 year )

  Coro Foundation Fellow Coro Center for Civic Leadership
  St. Louis, MO
  Management Consulting industry
  
  1992 – 1993 (1 year program)

• Management Associate

  TRW

  (Public Company; TRW; Automotive industry)

  December 1986 — June 1992 (5 years 7 months)

  Management training program, six month rotations throughout various corporate roles in defense systems, automotive, and home office functions in various locations across the US.

Laura Stack’s Education

• University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

  MBA , Organizational Management , 1989 — 1991

• University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

  Bachelor of Science in Business Administration , Marketing , 1986 — 1989

  Magna Cum Laude

Additional Information

Laura Stack’s Websites:

• The Productivity Pro, Inc.
• Laura Stack's Blog
• The Productivity Pro Day-Timer

Laura Stack’s Interests:

Increasing personal productivity, keynotes, keynote speeches, leadership training, management training, training, seminars, workshops, blogging, presentations, executive retreats, emcee, speaker, speaking, writing, playing with my children, dating my husband, traveling, Pilates, walking, singing, dancing. I'm also a Foodie and love a good deep red wine, especially Shiraz (preferably with something sweet).

Laura Stack’s Groups:

National Speakers Association, Society of Human Resource Management

•    Integrated Alliances
•    CU Business Networking
•    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
•    Learning, Education and Training Professionals Group
•    National Speakers Association (NSA)
•    Professional Speakers and Seminar Leaders
•    SHRM Networking Group
•    Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
•    Meeting Professionals International (MPI)
•    ASTD National
•    The Sales Association
•    NSA Next!
•    Meeting Planners Network
•    Friends of Colorado
•    Colorado Human Resource Association - CHRA
•    Sales/Marketing VP's & Directors - Software & Technology
•    Training&Development
•    Linked To Denver
•    Event Peeps: For Live Event Industry Professionals
•    5280 Linked
•    E-Learning 2.0
•    Community Group for GSF- Global Speakers Federation, formerly IFFPS
•    CSAE Colorado Society of Association Executives
•    The Productivity Pro Alumni Association
•    Certified Speaking Professionals (CSPs)
•    Business Coaching PEG (Professional Emphasis Group) of the National Speakers Association (NSA)
•    Consultants PEG (Professional Emphasis Group) of the National Speakers Association (NSA)
•    Diversity PEG (Professional Emphasis Group) of the National Speakers Association (NSA)
•    Educators PEG (Professional Emphasis Group) of the National Speakers Association (NSA)
•    Facilitators PEG (Professional Emphasis Group) of the National Speakers Association (NSA)
•    Motivational Keynote PEG (Professional Emphasis Group) of the National Speakers Association (NSA)
•    Seminar/Workshop Leaders PEG (Professional Emphasis Group) of the National Speakers Association NSA
•    Writers / Publishers PEG (Professional Emphasis Group) of the National Speakers Association (NSA)
•    Health & Wellness PEG (Professional Expert Group) of the National Speakers Association
•    Humor PEG (Professional Expert Group) of the National Speakers Association
•    Sales Experts PEG (Professional Experts Group) of the National Speakers Association
•    Storyteller PEG (Professional Expert Group) of the National Speakers Association (NSA)
•    DAY-TIMER Users Group
•    National Speakers Association (NSA) Foundation
•    Need A Speaker / Be A Speaker
•    Keep America Meeting
•    Linking Sales Leaders
•    Association Meeting Planner Place
•    Linked Local In Littleton, Colorado
•    LInked:HR - HR Leadership
•    Linked:HR - Organization Development & Training
•    Linked:HR - HR Consulting
•    Linked:HR - NORTH AMERICA

Laura Stack’s Honors:

• Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) earned in 2000, the highest earned designation given by the National Speakers Association.

• The Exhaustion Cure (Broadway Books, 2008). Includes an audio version. Also translated into Japanese.

• Find More Time (Broadway Books, 2006) was selected, prior to publication, as an exclusive book club hardcover for the Literary Guild, One Spirit, Crossings and American Compass book clubs. Also translated into Japanese.

• Leave the Office Earlier (Broadway Books, 2004) was hailed as “the best of the bunch” by The New York Times. It was a BookSense business and economics bestseller in June 2004 and reached number 8 on the Amazon.com Business Bestseller List. Library Journal named it one of the Best Business Books of 2004. More than 21,000 copies have sold through in the U.S. It has been published in seven countries and five foreign editions, including Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, and Italian.

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