"What to Do When There's Too Much to Do," Time Management and Productivity Expert Laura Stack's New Book Released Tuesday, June 26

DENVER, CO, June 30, 2012

The newest book from productivity expert Laura Stack hits bookstores nationwide on June 26, 2012. The greatly anticipated missive from one of the most highly regarded authorities in time management and productivity, Stack's fifth book, "What To Do
When There's Too Much To Do," (Berrett-Koehler; $15.95) addresses economy-fueled changes in the workplace that put the focus on a results-driven strategy that actually boils down to doing less work and reducing hours. By doing less, not more, workers can do better, more focused, strategic work, and shave 90 minutes off the work day in the process.

Stack's is the only "Work Less, More Success" guide to time management on the market today. By utilizing her techniques for prioritizing work requirements and conscientiously reducing time sinks, the results speak for themselves. The value of an employee isn't the number of hours spent at work but the value created with knowledge. "Stop working so many hours!" says Laura Stack.

"Reduce, reduce, reduce," is the mantra throughout Stack's book. She focuses on efficiency techniques to reduce hours—to the tune of an extra day a week—and increase productive habits at work. Readers reap the benefits through better job performance and more time for family and personal goals.

"Cro-Magnon bosses should stop valuing an employee who works 60 hours over one who works 40, if the 40-hour-a-week employee is producing greater value. In today's tight economy where employment is at a premium, supervisors are looking at results when determining value in their staff members. The employee who is still in the office at 7 p.m. every night is no longer the respected "workaholic" of the past, but someone whose time management skills are questionable," says Stack. Stack points to studies that have repeatedly shown that 60-hour workweeks result in a decrease in productivity. Exhaustion erodes judgment and performance, and there's nothing productive about correcting mistakes later on.

By following Stack's innovative six-step Productivity Workflow Formula (PWF), readers will reduce
inefficiency and organize their lives around the tasks that really matter and—this is crucial—let go of those that don't matter to the employee, the organization, and the boss. Her PWF will help overworked professionals:
1. Determine what to do—REDUCE YOUR TO-DO LIST.
2. Schedule time to do it—REDUCE YOUR OBLIGATIONS.
3. Focus your attention—REDUCE YOUR DISTRACTIONS.
4. Process new information—REDUCE INFORMATION HANDLING TIME.
5. Close the loop—REDUCE INEFFICIENCIES.
6. Manage your capacity—REDUCE ENERGY EXPENDITURES.

"You know you can't work any harder," Stack says. "If you want to accomplish greater results, you have to stop trying to 'do more with less' and instead 'do less and achieve more.' Organizations need strong leaders willing to stand up to implicit hours-based reward systems and make radical changes to embrace a focus on results and reform their cultural reward systems."

For more information, visit http://www.TheProductivityPro.com, Email Laura@TheProductivityPro.com, or
call 303-471-7401.
To obtain a review copy, contact:
Cynthia P. Shannon
Publicity Manager
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
415-743-6469/ cshannon@bkpub.com

For more information, visit TheProductivityPro.com, Email Laura(at)TheProductivityPro(dot)com, or call 303-471-7401.

About Laura Stack:
Laura Stack is a time management and productivity expert who has been speaking and writing about human potential and peak performance since 1992. She has implemented employee productivity improvement programs at Wal-Mart, Cisco Systems, UBS, Aramark, and Bank of America. Stack presents keynotes and seminars internationally for leaders, entrepreneurs, salespeople, and professional services firms on improving output, lowering stress, and saving time in the workplace.

The president of The Productivity Pro , Inc., a time management firm specializing in high-stress
environments, Stack is the bestselling author of five books: "What to do When There's Too Much to do" (2012); "SuperCompetent" (2010); "The Exhaustion Cure" (2008), "Find More Time" (2006), "Leave the Office Earlier" (2004), and "What to Do When There's Too Much to Do" (scheduled for release in June 2012). The 2011-2012 President of the National Speakers Association and recipient of the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, Stack has served as a spokesperson for Microsoft, 3M, Xerox, and Office Depot and is the creator 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, Stack has been featured nationally on the CBS Early Show, CNN, and in USA Today and the New York Times.