When you make the transition to management, you'll find that while the basic principles that have guided your career thus far still apply, your approach to them must change. Things look somewhat different at the managerial level, and your duties and decisions are more significant and encompassing. Sure, the perks are better, but so are the responsibilities! In order to adapt to your new circumstances, you'll have to revamp your thinking toward:  

•Managing others, not just yourself.

•Delegating tasks that other people can do just effectively and more cheaply.

•Managing meetings, so they don't eat up your precious time.

•Effectively juggling multiple projects with many moving parts.

•Following up with your team and keeping them positively motivated—without micromanaging.

•Maintaining a positive outlook that pervades your team and consistently helps you move forward.  

In this half-hour presentation, The Productivity Pro^®, Laura Stack, will guide you on your new path toward managerial success. Even if you're not quite there yet, take a listen—it'll give you something to look forward to!

Let's face it: selling anything is difficult, whether you do it by cold-calling or by making pitches in person. You've got to get through all the clutter clamoring for people's attention, and then you've got to pierce that shell of apathy and skepticism that most people adapt in order to function in modern society. The best way to attract and retain your prospect's attention is to present yourself with confidence and enthusiasm. In this empowering presentation, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will teach you how to:

1. Become more confident in yourself and your abilities.

2. Calm your nerves before making a sales presentation.

3. Maximize your enthusiasm by learning to love whatever it is you're selling.

4. Hone your body language and speech patterns to perfection.

5. Assert your credibility and come across as authentic and expert.

6. Keep the prospect in the moment with you, so their attention never wanders.

A confident, energetic, authentic individual will always attract more attention and garner more trust than someone who seems nervous or apathetic. You've got to sell yourself before you can effectively sell anything else. Laura Stack’s tips will put you well on your way!

 

Do you want to be more organized? Do you want to be able to find what you want, when you want it, in 30 seconds or less? If you need an organizational miracle to happen in your life, bestselling author Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, can bring you that miracle! She will successfully guide you in creating a system that works for you. During your time with Laura you will:

• Answer 18 questions to determine the best organizational method;
• Learn about most popular approaches to organization;
• Discover the advantages and disadvantages of the various tools;
• Tailor a system to fit your needs and personality; and
• Learn why a hybrid system may be the best thing for you.

You’ll stay organized whether you’re at work, at home, or in a meeting across town. You will know what to do when you don’t have immediate access to your calendar or your contact list. You will learn that no matter how electronic your systems, a pen and paper are still your best friends.

Important Components of a Time Management System: What You Need to be Organized By Laura Stack, MBA, CSP Would you like to ensure your time management system of choice is working for you all the time? After all, you don’t want to be left without important information, contacts, or a way to take notes when needed. Bestselling author Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, is here to help you make the most of your time management system, no matter what format you use. With Laura you will:

• Discover the foundational principles essential in all time management systems;
• Use the HUG criteria to judge your current methods;
• Adjust your organizational tools to better suit your needs;
• Learn the components of an ideal time management system; and
• Create the perfect solution for your needs.

In just 40 minutes you will find out how to customize your time management system to meet your needs and your lifestyle. Stop using a system that doesn’t work for you and design the correct methodology for your situation! 

Do you have a firm grasp on your time? After all, you can’t actually control time or add more to your day. The only thing you can control is yourself. Can you manage yourself well enough to get the most out of the time you have? Bestselling author Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will lead you through an analysis of your time to help you:

• Analyze your time like you analyze your money;
• Plan the next day the night before;
• Avoid the decision dilemma and know what to do next;
• Reduce the stress created by crisis; and
• Assess the value of the activities on your plate.

You’ll learn to create maximum results in minimum time, so you’ll have less time at work, more time with your loved ones, and more time to spend on yourself. Laura will guide you through a thorough analysis of your time, so you spend it in all the right places.

Do you have a case of the “got-a-minutes”? Can you say no to improper requests? Do you know how to recognize a timewaster when you see one? Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, is ready to help you recognize timewasters and eliminate them from your day. Laura will help you:

• Learn to say no when you’re overwhelmed;
• Avoid resentment when people don’t live up to your standards;
• Determine the difference between high standards and picky-picky standards;
• Discover why you are procrastinating and get started; and
• Slow down when necessary, instead of rushing around.

How would your day look without timewasters? Maybe you would work fewer hours or play harder. When you tackle the timewasters, you can maximize your time, create greater value, and spend more time with loved ones.
 

Do you have the “Depression Mentality”? Are you tidy but disorganized? Do you have your organizing system in your head? If so, you need the help of bestselling author Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®. Laura will help you truly get organized at work and home, so you can retrieve information quickly. You will learn how to:

• Create the eight different types of files;
• Apply the six principles of filing to your system;
• Prevent the “to be filed” pile from overtaking your office;
• Finish what you start and complete short tasks quickly; and
• Stay on top of things with a maintenance plan.

The key is controlling your clutter, instead of letting it control you. Laura will help you establish a place for everything and get everything in its place—as soon as it comes across your desk.

Do you process information quickly or let it pile up? Do you have piles of paper on your desk and piles of files in your computer? Bestselling author Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will use her proprietary 6-D System to show you how to manage information. You’ll learn to quickly move paper, email, calls, and information through your system as soon as it crosses your desk. You’ll learn to:

• Move information through your system quickly;
• Assign and track tasks for others;
• Take three-minute actions on items;
• Specify a date and “tickle” an item to complete it later;
• File information so you can find it quickly; and
• Prevent the information from coming across your desk in the first place.

Information can become a time leach, but Laura’s 6-D System will help you handle it quickly and increase your productivity. After listening to this program, you’ll know what to do with any piece of information that enters your world from now on. 

Is your email your to-do list? Is it really keeping you organized? Technology CAN increase your productivity, if you use best practices for email. Bestselling author Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will guide you through the 12 Best Practices for Handling Email so that your inbox becomes your friend. With these strategies, you’ll learn to:

• Use the “Move To Folder” feature in email;
• File email quickly and efficiently;
• Use signatures as time savers;
• Create email polls to quickly gain consensus;
• Avoid responding to email as it comes in; and
• Follow proper email etiquette.

Learning to control your email is fundamental to increasing your productivity. These skills will give you the foundation you need to keep your inbox under control.

Do you waste time checking your social media sites every day? Is Facebook time sinkhole for you? Social media can be a useful tool or an ‘attractive distraction.’ Learn how to make social media work to add to your daily productivity, rather than kill it. Bestselling author Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, is ready with tips to help you create an effective social media strategy. She will help you:

• Understand your specific social media targets and goals;
• Determine the best forms of social media for your purpose;
• Make the best use of your social media time;
• Eliminate manual processes and automate postings; and
• Check in with your social media without wasting time.

You’ll learn to set proper boundaries, so you don’t waste half your day on social media sites. You’ll connect with your community in a professional, efficient manner that will enhance your internet presence and boost your productivity.

Are you wading through email every day? Would you like to reduce the amount of time spent in your inbox? Communicating more effectively with your team members and professional contacts will maximize your time and avoid wasting others’ time. Bestselling author Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, offers tips to help you:

• Decide whether email is the best method in a particular situation;
• Handle emotional responses professionally;
• Use the proper etiquette with the To, CC, and BCC fields;
• Use group distribution lists and subject fields effectively; and
• Learn the four C’s of good email messages.

Email can be a distraction, but it doesn’t have to be a time waster. When you know how to use email as an effective communication tool, you’ll avoid having your inbox monopolize your day.

 Do you plan your life as carefully as you plan your vacations? Do you manage your time as well as you manage your money? Do you miss deadlines, stay up late at night, and encounter stress, crisis, and overload? Bestselling author Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will show you how to effectively manage your time in a world largely out of your control. Laura will help you:

• Create a realistic daily schedule and to-do list;
• Avoid bottlenecks caused by people or processes;
• Understand how much your time is worth;
• Save time in bits and pieces;
• Make productive use of downtime; and
• Learn quick decision making techniques.

When you manage your time effectively, you will experience results, recognition, free time, clarity, and focus. With proper time management, you will feel a sense of accomplishment each day. Laura Stack will help you take a good look at your current habits and learn how to use the time within your control. You’ll increase your productivity and efficiency at work and home!

Would you like to learn how to get decision makers to read your documents? Would you like your materials to be placed at the top of the stack? Now you can! Learn from Laura Stack, the author of several published books, as she offers sage advice for successful business writing. Whether you’re crafting cover letters, resumes, or emails, keep these five key communication principles in mind. Your writing must be:

1. Clear: free from confusion; understandable
2. Concise: short and to the point; brief
3. Concrete: specific; not vague
4. Correct: free from error; accurate;
5. Conversational: familiar; friendly

When you follow Laura Stack’s advice and apply it to your writing, your professionalism will help you stand out over the competition in your job search.

Would you like to get people to instantly like you and be drawn to you, without them even knowing why? Now you can! Bestselling author Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, presents her incredible Six Laws of Approachability:

1. Present yourself powerfully and project a million-dollar image.
2. Learn correct rules of etiquette for hand shaking, introductions, and business dress.
3. Toot your own horn and quickly communicate your value to others.
4. Model enthusiasm and a positive attitude.
5. Show the “window to your soul” through your face.
6. Avoiding using the five vocal turnoffs when you speak.

Increase your perceived value to your customers through these powerful self-presentation and self-promotion secrets! In thirty minutes, you’ll find out how to create instant rapport and connection to others.

What would make you happy? Creating a life in alignment with your values? Living up to your highest vision of yourself? So make your imaginings come true! In this audio program, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will help you turn the dreams floating around in your head into actionable goals. You’ll learn how to divide your time among the various priorities and goals in your life and achieve equilibrium. In this audio program, you’ll discover how to:

• Allocate your time according to your values and top priorities in your life.
• Determine and implement your key goals.
• Set appropriate boundaries and create limits around your time.
• Stop thinking about work at the end of the day and enjoy your personal time.
• Ask for help when you need it without feeling helpless.
• Turn off technology when you’re with family or loved ones.

You’ll feel like you’re spending your time in ways that are in alignment with your values. You’ll hear techniques to help you through the mindset shifts and behavioral changes you’ll need to make. Once set, your goals will act like a magnet—pulling you towards them!

Professionals admire and often envy those who make presentations with ease and confidence. If you present in business situations where you need to motivate, persuade, and hold the attention of a group, this audio program will provide tested strategies you can learn and practice to improve your skills. You’ll learn from Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, who holds the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), the highest earned designation given by the National Speakers Association. You will learn how to:

• Speak words that sound powerful and professional.
• Enhance your delivery with proper pitch, volume, pace, and pauses.
• Overcome verbal stumbling blocks.
• Avoid weak speech patterns that sabotage your credibility.
• Eliminate nervous habits and verbal fillers.
• Stand, gesture, and move powerfully.
• Use posture, eye contact, and non-verbal signals to impact your message.

You’ll feel reassured that you don’t have to be “a natural.” You’ll hear specific strategies you can learn and practice to improve your skills. And you’ll find out how to shine in your next presentation.

You are persistent in completing your high priority tasks without getting sidelined by menial activities? Do you work hard every day or only when you’re in the mood? Do you have a set of “rules” for yourself that govern your behavior and activity? In this audio program, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will teach you how to stay motivated by disciplining yourself to maintain consistent, productive behaviors:

• Know your natural energy cycle and work effectively during prime time.
• Control perfectionism, realizing that some things are “good enough.”
• Avoid putting projects off or waiting until the last minute.
• Force yourself to slow down when necessary.
• Plan your work and work your plan.
• Arrive at appointments early (not on time).
• Conquer workaholism and leave the office on time.
• Work hard and put your nose to the grindstone each day.

You’ll learn to correct and regulate yourself for the sake of continuous improvement and personal productivity. You’ll exercise restraint over your own impulses, emotions, and desires. And you’ll realize that working on the right task doesn’t always mean working on the fun task.

Mentoring has a significant beneficial impact on the life of the protégé. How can you effectively be this person for employees and help them achieve their highest visions of themselves? In this audio program, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will define mentoring and explore how you’ve benefited from mentoring relationships in your life. The objectives of this audio program are for you to:

• Discover the benefits of being a mentor and a protégé.
• Avoid potential pitfalls of mentoring relationships.
• Understand the five roles of the mentor.
• Learn the functions you provide to your protégé as the mentor.
• Conduct an effective mentoring session.

You’ll feel more confident to handle your role as a mentor. You’ll hear behavioral techniques to walk you through an effective mentoring process. And you’ll find out how to be the person that your protégés will someday mention when telling stories about their climb to the top!

Veteran professional speaker, Laura Stack, outlines the five steps to prepare for any presentation: (1) develop your objectives, (2) analyze the audience, (3) structure the body and main ideas, (4) create supporting information, and (5) develop your opening, closing, and transitions. Next, she will teach you how to control your speaking environment through proper room logistics: seating, set-up, microphone, and audio/visual arrangements. Finally, you’ll learn to overcome fear and calm yourself down with myriad physical, psychological, and behavioral strategies. You'll be confident, competent, and composed for your next presentation!

SERVICE is SURVIVAL. We’re all competing for customers. If you don’t provide good service to them, they’ll go somewhere else. Laura Stack, who has run a successful speaking and training business for nearly 20 years, will teach you how to get new customers and keep the ones you have by practicing the four things all customers want:

1. Understand Their Expectations
2. Maintain Enthusiasm
3. Create Special Relationships
4. Watch Your Language

When the quality and consistency of service go up, costs go down, so you’ll see higher profit and sustained growth. Good, reliable customer service breeds loyalty and builds trust, which is vital to retain customers. New and existing customers are your company’s biggest asset. Clearly, implementing the Customer Bill of Rights in your organization makes good business sense.

The study of ethics seeks to address concepts such as good and bad, right and wrong, justice, and virtue. As ethics apply to customer service, it’s your attitude about the way to treat customers, which has to stem from an inner belief that it’s the RIGHT thing to do. You’ll learn from Laura Stack, who has run a successful business for nearly 20 years, the eight beliefs of a great service attitude:

1. The customer is Number One.
2. Customers deserve to be listened to.
3. We work hard to understand and solve the customer’s problem.
4. We strive to maintain a positive attitude, even with difficult customers.
5. Everyone in our company impacts customer service.
6. Our customers are our future.
7. We never treat our customers with indifference.
8. We treat customers like family.

Successful companies think about and orient their behavior toward their customers in this way. The Productivity Pro®, Inc. believes these protocols are the right way to treat its customers, and Laura Stack suggests they might be the right way for you, too.

So many things compete for our attention in the workplace—background noise, interruptions, drop-in visitors, and email—it’s often very difficult to concentrate. Would you like to learn how to be present, keep your brain sharp, and focus on the task at hand? Now you can! Bestselling author Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, presents her incredible Six Secrets of Focus:

1. Set up your office for maximum productivity and minimum distractions.
2. Avoid wasted time from daydreaming.
3. Stop flitting around from task to task and stick to one thing.
4. Don’t multi-task or attempt too many things at once.
5. Get absorbed in a project and achieve a state of flow.
6. Stay focused on boring or uninteresting tasks.

You’ll find out how to overcome distractions from your environment, other people, and your brain. Take thirty minutes to listen to Laura and improve your ability stay on target and maintain your concentration!

Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, flies over 100,000 miles a year as a professional speaker and as the 2011-2012 president of the National Speakers Association. Although not everyone has the natural ability to live out of a suitcase or do business from a laptop, with a little practice, you can learn to love your travel time. In this audio program, Laura will teach you how to:

• Make the most of your time away from home.
• Be as productive away from the office as you are in the office.
• Stay connected to your loved ones and your workplace.
• Pack quickly and efficiently use checklists.
• Use the latest tools and technology to stay organized.

It’s amazing what you can get done when you put some miles between yourself and the usual distractions of everyday life! You’ll find out how to be at your productive best while traveling. You’ll hear how Laura takes advantage of airplanes, rather than letting them take advantage of her. And you’ll feel ready…and we dare say excited…for your next trip.

The nature of work today can intensify emotional reactions. As you face the pressures of more work, more interaction with co-workers, and more stressful deadlines, you’re likely to find yourself in situations where it is critical to identify and control your emotions. In this program, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, examines the link between your emotions and stress. You will learn to:

1. Discover the sources of your stress.
2. Keep stress from affecting your productivity at work.
3. Identify the five stages of burnout.
4. Understand the direct impact of perception on your emotions.
5. Keep stressful events or difficult people from bothering you.
6. Maintain a good sense of humor and take things lightly.

You’ll hear behavioral techniques to help you productively manage your emotions. You’ll find out how to prevent out-of-control situations and reduce your stress. And you’ll feel more in control when you’re pushed to the limit.

Never take your time with your spouse for granted, for tomorrow may never come. Treasure every minute with your beloved. Make time when none exists. Put aside your work to look into your spouse’s eyes and really listen. In this audio program, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, lets us in on some of the inside secrets of her successful marriage. She preaches what she practices: giving the greatest gift of all to your spouse: your time. You will learn to:

• Combine activities to fit your spouse time in with your “other” time.
• Turn off the technology while with your spouse.
• Schedule structured “date night” with your spouse and other good friends.
• Conduct a family pow-wow to discuss the upcoming week and divvy up work.
• Split housework with your partner so each of you is doing a fair share.
• Plan a long vacation each year without your children.
• Discover the restorative power of fun that many couples desperately need.

You’ll hear why time is essential to a healthy marriage. You’ll understand that spending time with your spouse isn’t an obligation: it’s a gift. And you’ll feel your time you’re your spouse is the greatest treasure of all.

Parents can help their children with the ongoing struggles they endure: disorganized bedrooms, poor time management, problems in school, and stress. Who better to learn than from Laura Stack, mother of three and president of The Productivity Pro®, a time management training company! There are several important areas you can help your children organize to keep their home and school lives running smoothly, setting them up for success later in life:

• Handling Difficult Transition Times
• Creating Order, Systems, and Tools
• Succeeding in School and Getting Organized
• Completing Chores and Being Responsible
• Managing Time, Activities, and Sports

Being organized is not innate: children aren’t born with this ability. With a little help from you, your children can learn to successfully manage their time. The five strategies in this audio program will teach you how to help them become productive citizens. You can discover many more systems in Laura Stack’s book: Find More Time: How to Get Things Done at Home, Organize Your Life, and Feel Great About It.

Successful people don’t trade personal satisfaction for professional achievement. They know high performance depends on both. To avoid the peaks and valleys of productivity created by balancing the urgent demands of work and personal life, professionals must be able to balance both without sacrificing either. In this program, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, presents her superb life balance solutions:

1. Establish your governing purpose and values.
2. Allocate time according to your values and the top priorities in your life.
3. Understand the relationship between stress and performance.
4. Learn your personal balance risk factors.
5. Set appropriate boundaries and eliminate ridiculous standards.
6. Develop strategies to manage and create discretionary time.

You’ll hear strategies and lifestyle tactics to help you to work at a realistic level. You’ll feel a greater sense of balance and calm. And you’ll rediscover vision, vitality, and meaning in your life!

Change is the only constant in life today. You may try to understand and react to the changes in your work and personal lives in a positive and productive manner, but sometimes you can feel overwhelmed and confused about how to assist other people. In this audio seminar, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will discuss how you can help your employees navigate the upcoming changes they will face. At this end of this program, you will:

• Understand the nature of change.
• Determine why change is so stressful for you and your staff.
• Describe the characteristics of the four stages of change.
• Evaluate where other people fall in the change cycle.
• Discover leadership strategies to help others move through each stage more quickly.

The skills you learn from this program will help you confront current changes with self-assurance. You’ll experience a renewed positive attitude to deal with impending future changes. And you’ll hear specific strategies to help you walk your employees confidently through the next round of changes.

Burning the midnight oil is harmful to employees and employers. But deadlines loom, e-mail piles up, and your star employee has put in another thirteen-hour day. How can leaders keep key people producing at high levels but not leave the organization from overwork and stress? In this audio program, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will teach you how to:

• Articulate the long and short-term benefits of high productivity.
• Create a win/win dual contract of productivity.
• Select the best method of communication for your purpose.
• Create a code of conduct for meetings.
• Learn email courtesies and protocol to avoid wasting others’ time.
• Use voice mail as a productivity tool and use proper etiquette.
• Produce guidelines for reducing interruptions at work.

You’ll hear behavioral techniques to help you spend fewer hours at work. You’ll find out how to discuss productivity improvements with key organization leaders. And you’ll understand why productivity initiatives are important in the context of helping employees leave the office on time, lead a more balanced life, and increase job satisfaction.

It's hard to be productive when you want to put your head down on your desk and take a nap. In this audio program, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, author of The Exhaustion Cure, will guide you in making the behavior changes necessary to give you vitality and productivity every day! You will:

• Discover your level of burnout with her proprietary exhaustion quiz.
• Test your level of sleep deprivation and change poor sleeping habits.
• Chart your energy level throughout the day and select appropriate tasks.
• Cherish yourself to regain high energy and lower stress levels.
• Eliminate myriad low energy “bandits” and increase high energy “boosters.”

You’ll hear behavioral techniques to help you gain the energy you need throughout the entire day. You’ll find out how to dramatically impact your productivity by paying closer attention to your energy behaviors. And you’ll feel like accomplishing more with your increased vitality!

It takes a lot of work and discussion to get a team to function productively and effectively. Tapping a team's creative power can only happen when team members recognize and value each other's contributions and strengths. In this audio program, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will offer great “team building” ideas to help you:

• Understand the advantages of using teams to solve problems.
• Discover the four “time styles” and the characteristics and behaviors of each.
• Understand your personal time style and graph your team.
• Determine the strengths and liabilities of each style.
• Learn how your team members "tick" and work more effectively together.
• Use supportive, positive communication vs. destructive, negative communication.
• Evaluate your non-verbal signals and what you’re “saying” during a meeting.

You’ll realize the impact of your time management style on others. You’ll find out how to relate positively as a team member. And you’ll hear how to increase the circle of trust and understanding among your team members.

When an employee doesn’t perform up to par, a manager must evaluate why the job isn’t getting done and help the employee improve. In this audio program, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will teach you how! You’ll determine the cause of performance problems, create a motivating environment where employees want to give their best, and criticize effectively when needed. You’ll learn how to:

• Analyze employee performance problems.
• Motivate people to perform at their highest potential.
• Provide constructive criticism when faced with problem performance.
• Give helpful feedback on the desired behavior change.
• Take corrective action when necessary.

You’ll feel more in control when faced with a “problem” employee. You’ll hear behavioral techniques to help you handle challenging, stressful performance situations. And you’ll find out how to talk with your subordinates in a way that changes behavior and retains the human relationship!

Do you have too much to read and too little time? You’ll benefit from these reading techniques designed to boost your reading productivity! Getting through your reading tasks more quickly will free up time for other priorities. You’ll learn from Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, best-selling author of four books, how to:

1. Apply a five-step process to help you become a more efficient reader.
2. Recognize signs of brain overload and get your mind focused again.
3. Get absorbed in your reading and achieve a state of “flow.”
4. Find some alternatives to reading.
5. Organize your reading and tackle the pile.

If you apply these five simple reading techniques, you will greatly improve your concentration, speed, and retention. You will also have the upper hand by staying on top of important information in today’s highly competitive work environment.

 The ability to handle yourself properly at a job interview will make you stand out above the competition. Powerful self-promotion and self-presentation skills will help you enhance your perceived value to the hiring manager. Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will teach you four techniques to market yourself powerfully in a job interview:

1. Communicate Your Value without Bragging
2. Shake Hands Properly
3. Dress for Success.
4. Model Enthusiasm and a Positive Attitude

These tactics will help you communicate your value and project a confident image. You’ll feel confident walking into your interview, knowing you’re going to make a great first impression.

Being negative really takes extra energy¬---energy you could otherwise be channeling into your favorite pursuits. Instead, learn to approach life with a positive, can-do attitude! In this audio program, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, will teach you how to cultivate tolerance instead of impatience; optimism rather than pessimism; and gratitude over an ungrateful spirit. To conquer your “stinking thinking,” you need to:

• Stop negative thoughts in their tracks.
• Create alternative mental pictures.
• Understand what your anger is teaching you.
• Douse the flames of emotionally charged situations.
• Choose to be an optimist today.
• Look within for the source of your frustration.

You’ll hear behavioral techniques to help you reverse low self-esteem and feelings of despair. You’ll feel more in control of your emotions. And you’ll find out how to spread positive energy and enthusiasm to everyone around you!

In this competitive economy, just being able to do your job is no longer enough. Competence is simply expected in today’s workplaces. But you can’t be simply competent; you have to be SuperCompetent® to get an edge. In this audio program, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, gives high potentials proven methods to reach peak performance and achieve breakthrough results. You’ll discover the six keys to unlocking your full potential:

1. ACTIVITY: Determine what you should be working on.
2. AVAILABILITY: Make time for it.
3. ATTENTION: Focus on those tasks.
4. ACCESSIBILITY: Organize the information needed to complete it.
5. ACCOUNTABILITY: Be responsible for your results.
6. ATTITUDE: Never give up.

You’ll learn a clear and practical system for achieving Maximum Results in Minimum Time®. You’ll feel more in control of your time. And you’ll find out how to increase results and decrease the number of hours you work!

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 to:

• 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, you’ll 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!

Would you like to remember things more easily? Would you like to stop waking up in the middle of the night, suddenly thinking of something? Would you like to relieve your brain of the strain of tracking reminders? Now you can! Bestselling author Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, presents her six incredible keys to improving your memory:

1. Stop being so absent-minded, learn retention techniques, and create reminder systems.
2. Make memory, daily, and category lists to record everything you need to do.
3. Read quickly and maintain concentration on the words.
4. Recognize signs of brain overload and guard your attention.
5. Challenge yourself to learn something new and stimulate your brain.
6. Do puzzles to sharpen your mind and increase mental activity.

You’ll find out how to feel more confident that things are not falling through the cracks. You’ll be able to feel more at ease. And you’ll hear myriad tips and tricks for sharpening your memory.

As a child, I remember sitting for hours at a time, absorbed in my favorite books.  My mother would enter the living room asking, "Didn't you hear me call you?"  As I came back to reality, I would answer honestly, "No, mommy I didn't."  And that was the complete truth!  That level of concentration is very hard to achieve today.  With noise, interruptions, people, and instant messages, so many things competing for our attention in the workplace that it's often very difficult to concentrate.  This seminar will improve your ability stay on target and focus on the task at hand.

Meetings, meetings, meetings!  Where minutes are taken and hours are wasted.  Today's managers and professionals spend so much time attending them—you'd think most would be trained in how to plan and run them.  Not so.  Most meetings frustrate employees, because agendas aren't distributed, objectives aren't defined, time runs over, and no decisions are made.  Another two hours of your day down the drain!  This course gives people who call meetings the requisite skills to plan and execute a productive meeting, and follow-up properly afterward.  It also provides the protocols necessary to keep a meeting on the right track, even if you're just attending.  You will learn to achieve the objectives of the meeting, in a minimum amount of time, in a way that's satisfying to all participants.

One-hour audio program for executive women who need to

• Balance their lives
• Get their work done in less time
• Focus on what's really important
• Do your hightest priority tasks first
• Stop multi-tasking and focus

One-hour audio program for leaders who need to

• Manage employee productivity
• Run effective meetings
• Delegate properly
• Eliminate external and internal time wasters
• Reduce the length of time spent at work

One-hour audio program for sales professionals who need to

• Define sales goals and income targets
• Spend more time on the selling activity
• Plan and prioritize your day
• Schedule your appointments realistically
• Get the tools you need to succeed

90-minute audio program for professionals at all levels who need to organize email, paper, and voice mail. Do you get 100 emails every day?  Do you feel like you're slowly drowning in a sea of paper?  Does the sight of your messy office and overflowing email in-box frustrate you?   Then this course is for you!  You may work hard.  But if you're disorganized, every step is a struggle.  In this age of downsizing and a do-more-with-less mentality, efficiency is more important than ever before.  This course will help professionals, managers, and administrative staff stay on top of things.  You will gain scores of new tips and techniques for bringing order into your life, both personally and professionally!

One-hour audio program for professionals at all levels who need to get more done in less time. 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?  Managing time effectively is the key to managing your individual performance.  Time management is much more complicated than making a list and checking things off.  Learn how to set priorities and focus on what's truly important, plan and schedule your day, and organize your calendar and tasks.

75-minute audio program for HR professionals responsible for aligning the often-conflicting areas of employee productivity and retention.