Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, is the president of The Productivity Pro®, Inc., an international consulting firm in Denver, Colorado, that specializes in productivity improvement in high-stress organizations. She is one of a handful of professional speakers whose business focuses solely on time management and productivity topics. Since 1992, Laura has taught her original principles on improving output, lowering stress, and saving time in today's workplaces. She is a high-energy, high-content speaker, who educates, entertains, and motivates employees to improve their productivity.

Laura is the author of the best-selling book Leave the Office Earlier (Broadway Books, 2004), which was hailed as the "best of the bunch" by the New York Times and listed on the June 2004 Book Sense Business and Economics Bestseller List and the Library Journal's Best Business Books 2004 list. Her popular monthly electronic newsletter has subscribers in 38 countries.

Laura holds an MBA in organizational management (University of Colorado, 1991). Widely regarded as one of the leading experts in the field of employee productivity and workplace issues, she has been featured nationally on CNN, NPR, Bloomberg Radio, CBS Radio News, NBC TV, and WB News and in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, Working Mother magazine, Bottom Line/Personal, Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook, Reader's Digest, Cosmopolitan, Woman's Day, and Parents magazine.

For information about Laura Stack's speaking engagements or to subscribe to her free monthly newsletter, visit her Web site.

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