Leave the Office Earlier: The Productivity Pro Shows You How to Do More in Less Time...and Feel Great About It

by Laura Stack

Long hours. Juggling family and work. Deadlines. High stress levels. Today's professionals are feeling more overworked and overwhelmed than ever before. Yet you CAN get more done than you ever thought possible--and still get home to your real life sooner. Laura Stack, "The Productivity Pro,"(R) shows you how.

Leave the Office Earlier explores the ten key factors that improve results, lower stress, and save time in today's workplace. Fun, interactive quizzes speed you to exactly the advice and techniques you need the most. You can tailor this information-loaded book to your own needs by focusing on your problem areas--such as time-wasters, distractions, email overload, or poor organization--and by following the easy-to-implement solutions. With Laura Stack's help, you'll work more efficiently and be more productive in every area of your life, so that you can really live according to your priorities. Don't just work faster. Work better, reduce stress, and leave the office earlier!

Genres: Business, Productivity, Leadership, Self Help, Nonfiction, Personal Growth

300 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

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

[Nicole Perkins · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very informative. I actually ordered my own copy so I can make notes and keep it in my office.

[Marjorie Elwood · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lot and lots of useful advice, all laid out in an incredibly organized fashion (no surprise!), including great tips for encouraging people not to engage in mindless chatter with you, and a segment on changing your feelings by changing your thoughts. The only criticism I had was that it's pretty dated, in that it's very paper-based.

[Douglas Lord · Rating 4 out of 5]

"The problem isn't time shortage," notes Stack, a productivity improvement consultant, "it's time usage." Presented here are 100 splendid tips for personal productivity in the workplace, threaded among similar topics (e.g., order, preparation) without repetition. For example, use a visual signal (a hat or armband) to broadcast to coworkers that you are backed up/on deadline but are still available in an emergency. Worker bees will heartily appreciate these palatably presented tactics, which will enable them to control an extra 12 to 15 percent of their workday. Recommended for collections serving lots of office folk.

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[Shermel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've picked this book up numerous time during my trips to the library. There are many tips that has helped my productivity. You can't just read it and take it back. This is a work-thru book that takes time. So, it better to buy a copy and keep it next to your desk at the office.

[Sharon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Local Denver author touts herself as the "productivity pro" and breaks down efficiency strategies under the "productive" model. This book is easily digestible since you can simply reference areas of interest and/or greatest challenges.

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

Have you just ever started a book. Then two weeks have past and you still have no desire to pick back up that book. I think that at the time I was looking for solutions, but realized that I really don't need a whole book about it. I already had the tools to do it myself.

[Abigail · Rating 5 out of 5]

All working adults need to read this. It is awesomely packed with helpful, practical facts, tips and strategies. It is easy to read and full of encouraging stories of others who used the matarial to improve their work/life balance.

[Lenore · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first of three books by this author that I read. As such, this was the most useful. (The others reiterated many of the same points.)

[Tim Chase · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not bad as productivity books go. Well tied together. Not much new that I learned.

[Jana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring, obvious, and annoying. Should have been a long magazine article not a 300 page book.

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

It changed my life - I swear!