Bøger af Laura Stack

LEADERSHIP USA functions as an outsourced training resource for small-to-medium-sized companies and as a supplement to established leadership programs within larger corporations.Since it can be cost-prohibitive and time-consuming for companies to bring instructors in-house each month, we bring them to our member community.This catalog is a listing of the faculty who will be presenting these leadership programs.

Are 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.

Don't Slow Down Team Up! With countless emails, constant communication, cascading deadlines, and seemingly endless meetings, it's a wonder any of us gets anything done these days. You can try working harder or faster or smarter, but what really makes the difference is ''''teaming well.'''' A good team is the most powerful productivity machine in existence. Laura Stack's FAST model mobilizes teams to be the most effective they can be, while keeping each other's best interests at heart. Teams learn to work together Fairly, accept Accountability, apply Systems Thinking, and maximize available Technology. An interactive assessment helps you evaluate your team's current speed and rate of acceleration. Every team may have its stars, but they couldn't do their jobs without the rest of the team doing theirs. By the end of this book, you'll truly understand the abilities of your team and how each member makes things go. So, rev your team's engines, and you'll soon be roaring down the track together!

Turn Strategy into Performance!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!

Employees know they are lucky enough to have a job in this economy and are working longer hours just to stay employed. Yet studies have repeatedly shown that long workweeks result in a decrease in productivity. For over 20 years, Laura Stack has been teaching professionals how to transform their ever-expanding to-do lists into a functional, workable system. What To Do When There's Too Much To Do teaches you how to actually do less and achieve more; Stack describes her comprehensive approach that organises life around the tasks that really matter, and shows it's okay to let go of the ones that don't.Stack details her step-by-step strategy that has transformed the lives of her clients by saving them 90 minutes a day, including how to:Determine what to do and schedule time to do itTrack down time wastersLearn to say no and make it stickRescue your time from meetingsHandle external and internal distractionsReduce inefficiencies and break bottlenecksManage your personal energy and make yourself happier

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