Topic: Productivity & Time Management

Based on Laura’s book of the same title (Broadway Books, 2006), this is her work/life balance keynote that adds in the element of your personal life. Perfect for groups that want to take a more holistic approach to productivity in life, not simply work.  Successful people don’t want to trade personal satisfaction for professional achievement; they know high performance depends on both. Professionals must be able to balance work and family without sacrificing either. This encouraging, lively, results-oriented keynote offers key principles and techniques to help franchisees eliminate obstacles to success; work smarter at work; and balance time across their lives.  Perfect for audiences of busy men and women who work hard all day and go home to-the second shift-the job they don’t get paid for. Learn to match time to values while juggling owning and running a business, kids, chores, volunteering, errands, and household projects. Laura’s ideas will help franchisees improve productivity at home, get more done than ever before, and have more time to enjoy their lives.

Based on Laura’s bestselling book of the same title (Broadway Books, 2004), this is her flagship time management keynote on how to be more productive at work, so you can achieve the same results in less time and leave the office earlier®. In this high-energy, hysterical presentation, Laura shows you how to keep technology from controlling your time; stay focused and concentrate; communicate with your team and boss to improve personal productivity; plug productivity leaks in your day; build consistent personal routines; eliminate annoying time wasters; and improve your personal efficiency. Attendees leave the program laughing and saying, “Oh my goodness, she was looking over my shoulder! Everything she modeled I’m doing!” The ideas in this innovative and thought-provoking program will allow you to reduce the number of hours you work each week without compromising output.

For any given organization or event Rick can target his keynote to focus on one, several, or all of the organizational benefits named below. Each organizational virtue results from the rule breaking model which Rick details in his book, 7 Rules You Were Born to Break.

Communication
When being authentic is supported in any organizational setting over the need to fit in, communication channels open while misunderstandings and conflict decrease.

Innovation
When an organization’s members are supported and encouraged to take chances and engage reasonable risks rather than focusing on avoiding mistakes, innovation can occur.

Teamwork
When individuals are willing to ask for help, overcoming the rule of independence, then teamwork becomes a possibility within a group.

Productivity
When the determination to achieve and reach goals is stronger than the need to remain comfortable, productivity results.

Accountability
Workers who accept their significance within an organization bring accountability to their group and transcend the 5th rule, pretending we don’t matter.

Leadership
When building relationships is valued over the desire to force compliance from others and to stay in control, exceptional leadership emerges.

Integrity
When leaders are willing to risk their approval rating instead of being run by the need to be popular, the integrity of the organization’s vision can be preserved and realized.

Based on Laura’s bestselling book of the same title (Broadway Books, 2004), this is her flagship time management keynote on how to be more productive at work, so you can achieve the same results in less time and leave the office earlier®. In this high-energy, hysterical presentation, Laura shows you how to keep technology from controlling your time; stay focused and concentrate; communicate with your team and boss to improve personal productivity; plug productivity leaks in your day; build consistent personal routines; eliminate annoying time wasters; and improve your personal efficiency. Attendees leave the program laughing and saying, “Oh my goodness, she was looking over my shoulder! Everything she modeled I’m doing!” The ideas in this innovative and thought-provoking program will allow you to reduce the number of hours you work each week without compromising output.