Laura Stack, MBA, is the president of The Productivity Pro®, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in productivity improvement in high-stress environments, and the 2011–2012 president of the National Speakers Association (NSA). Her keynotes and seminars focus on increasing profitability by improving output, reducing inefficiency, and saving time in the workplace. Laura is a high-energy, high-content speaker, who educates, entertains, and motivates professionals to improve value and results. She’s the recipient of the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, the NSA’s highest earned award for excellence in speaking.
For twenty years, Laura has advised leaders on barriers to employee productivity and implemented productivity-improvement programs at companies such as Walmart, Cisco Systems, UBS Financial Services, Chick-fil-A, KPMG, Lockheed Martin, Aramark, Heinz, and Bank of America. The author of five books, including SuperCompetent and Leave the Office Earlier, Laura focuses on teaching leaders, professionals, salespeople, and entrepreneurs how to align strategy and execution to achieve Maximum Results in Minimum Time. Her popular monthly electronic newsletter has subscribers in thirty-eight countries. She’s represented Microsoft, 3M, Xerox, and Office Depot in spokesperson roles and is the designer of the Productivity Pro planner by Day-Timer.
Widely regarded as one of the leading experts in the field of employee productivity and workplace issues, Laura has been featured nationally on the CBS Early Show, CNN, NPR, Bloomberg, NBC TV, WB News, the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, O Magazine, Entrepreneur, Reader’s Digest, and Forbes magazine.
Laura lives with her husband and three children in Denver, Colorado.