The Productivity Center » Productivity http://www.theproductivitycenter.com The Productivity Center from Laura Stack, the Productivity Pro(R) Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:55:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Productivity Minute Video: Packing Efficiently for a Trip http://www.theproductivitycenter.com/2011/05/productivity-minute-video-packing-efficiently-for-a-trip/ http://www.theproductivitycenter.com/2011/05/productivity-minute-video-packing-efficiently-for-a-trip/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 15:20:37 +0000 admin http://www.theproductivitycenter.com/?p=994

Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro(R), travels extensively. She shares tips on packing for maximum efficiency. (C) 2011 Laura Stack, All Rights Reserved http://www.TheProductivityPro.com

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Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro(R), shares tips on room organization. (C) 2010 Laura Stack. All Rights Reserved

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Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro(R) talks about the productivity killer – procrastination!
(C) 2010 Laura Stack. All rights reserved. http://www.theproductivitypro.com

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If you were actually trying to be unproductive, what would you do? If someone were watching with a video camera from your ceiling, what behaviors would you change. Laura Stack dishes about participants in her time management seminars telling their secrets of how they waste time. And how their images of an unproductive day often resemble their actual days!

(C) 2009 Laura Stack.

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One of the trickiest parts of leadership is finding a way to strike a balance between your employees as subordinates and your employees as real, live people.

Managing relationships with the people you work with (and for) is as important to your everyday productivity as it is to your career.

(C) 2009 Laura Stack. www.TheProductivityPro.com

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Watch this episode and learn why you have sticky notes all over your office. Figure out what sticky notes are good for and not good for. What do you do when you think of something you need to do?

(C) 2009 Laura Stack. All rights reserved. www.TheProductivityPro.com

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]]> http://www.theproductivitycenter.com/2009/03/the-productivity-minute-10-the-bane-of-sticky-notes-and-scraps-of-paper/feed/ 0 The Productivity Minute #9: Stress and Performance http://www.theproductivitycenter.com/2009/03/the-productivity-minute-9-stress-and-performance/ http://www.theproductivitycenter.com/2009/03/the-productivity-minute-9-stress-and-performance/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:23:18 +0000 admin http://www.theproductivitycenter.com/?p=241

Everyone has stress! But is yours the good kind or bad kind? Positive stress can create improved productivity levels, but negative stress can cause performance to decline. Learn to diagnose your stress levels and determine the proper balance in your life.

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Email, voicemail, and conference calls have revolutionized how we communicate in corporate America and around the globe. In today’s fast-paced business environment, companies depend on technology to link virtual teams across cities, states, and countries. Yet most companies don’t provide training on how to productively communicate with these resources.
Whenever I find myself on the receiving end of an email volley, in which an email has repeatedly gone back and forth, I will simply pick up the phone and end it right there. Some people don’t put enough thought into which technology they will select to effectively communicate their message. For any given purpose, one channel (or medium) will be more effective than another.

(C) 2009 Laura Stack. All rights reserved.

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The holidays are over, the snow doesn’t seem so pretty anymore, and we’re all ready to see some sunshine again. This is the time of year when even on those really dreary days it’s important to remember that spring is right around the corner. If you aren’t careful, it is much too easy to end up in a late winter slump, which can cause good sprits and productivity to go right down the drain.

Take heart! Long days and beautiful weather will be here again before we know it. And in the meantime, there’s plenty we can do to get the most out of short winter days and long winter nights.

Listen…

(C) 2009 Laura Stack

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The Productivity Minute #6: Food, Coffee, and Pacing – Why you are so Cranky

Wonder why you’re so exhausted all the time and have no energy to be productive? Watch the latest episode Laura Stack’s video podcast and discover why you’re so cranky and what you can do about it.

(C) 2009 Laura Stack. All rights reserved.

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