Time Management - How to Control Your Day in an Uncontrollable Workplace

by Laura Stack

Do you find yourself continually racing against time? Do you feel that you have so much to do that it's difficult to get anything done? Time management is much more complicated than making a list and checking things off. Managing time effectively is the key to managing your individual performance. In this audio program, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, will teach you how to set priorities; focus on what's truly important; and schedule your day. You’ll learn how • Take advantage of the most valuable ten minutes of the day.• Identify the most important tasks on your to-do list.• Implement a four-step process to pinpoint your high value priorities.• Schedule your day realistically and build in flexibility.• Work with your energy prime times and down times.• Identify the activities that steal your time.• Learn to concentrate and stop multi-tasking.If you're continually racing against time, Laura Stack will help you feel more in control of your days. You'll hear behavioral techniques to help you handle challenging, stressful schedules. And you'll find out how to increase output and decrease the number of hours you work!

19 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 2013

About the author

Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, CPAE, is best known by her moniker “The Productivity Pro®.” Stack is an award-winning keynote speaker, bestselling author, and noted authority on sales, leadership, and team productivity. She is the President & CEO of The Productivity Pro, Inc., a boutique consulting firm helping leaders increase workplace performance in high-stress environments.

For over 30 years, Laura Stack’s keynote speeches and seminars have helped associations and Fortune 1000 corporations improve output, increase speed in execution, and save time in the office. She is a high-energy, high-content speaker, who educates, entertains, and motivates professionals to deliver bottom-line results. Stack is a member of the prestigious CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame, which has fewer than 200 members worldwide). She has earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speakers Association, of which she was its president in 2011-2012.

Laura Stack is the bestselling author of nine books published by Random House, Wiley, and Berrett-Koehler, including her newest, The Dangerous Truth About Today’s Marijuana: Johnny Stack’s Life and Death Story (Freiling, July 2021). Her books have been published in more than 20 foreign editions, and she is a featured columnist for the American Business Journal, LinkedIn, Time Management, and Productive magazines. Stack has produced more than 50 online productivity training programs.

Laura Stack has been featured nationally on the CBS Early Show, CNN, NPR, Bloomberg, the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, and Forbes magazine. Stack has been a spokesperson for Fellowes, Microsoft, 3M, Skillsoft, Office Depot, Day-Timer, and Xerox. Her client list includes top Fortune 500 companies, including Starbucks, Wal-Mart, Aramark, Bank of America, GM, Wells Fargo, and Time Warner, plus government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service, the United States Air Force Academy, the Census Bureau, the U.S. Senate, and the Department of Defense.

Reviews

[Jackie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most of what was said in this book, I pretty much knew...but there were a couple of tricks I didn't. A good, short read, with some helpful ideas...if you are not doing them already.