Laura Stack Puts A Stop to Impromptu Meetings & Other Office Time Suckers

Jan. 12, 2016 - PRLog -- There's a statistic in the business world that claims that something interrupts or distracts the average office worker every three minutes. With an average of 480 minutes in the workday, that’s approximately 160 interruptions throughout the day. The Productivity Pro, AKA Laura Stack, has penned a feature piece on how to stop the interruptions and the “gotta minutes” and focus on work-related tasks. The article can be found here: http://theproductivitypro.com/

“People are distracted by well-meaning co-workers, office gossip, and even customers who refuse to request meetings or schedule phone calls. You can’t prevent them from occurring occasionally, but it’s a concern when they happen too often. When profit margins are impacted, it’s time for companies and employees to take action,” said Stack.

Stack’s latest piece focuses on ways to better communicate availability and delegate tasks. One of the examples includes how to politely disengage with someone during a deadline or another inconvenient time, including talking while ushering someone to the door.

“Socialization is a part of work, but there is a time and a place for it. I think this piece will help people better manage what they say, need, and how they operate when it comes to meeting deadlines or allowing conversations to get away from them and eat up all their work time, which can add to stress in the workplace,” finished Stack.

Members of the media are invited to submit a story request to Laura Stack about this subject, and other matters of productivity, by contacting her media relations team at office@helenevece.com.

ABOUT: Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, CPAE is an award-winning keynote speaker, bestselling author, and noted authority on employee and team productivity. She is the president of The Productivity Pro, Inc., a company dedicated to helping leaders increase workplace performance in high-stress environments. Stack has authored seven books, including her newest work, Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time (Jan. 2016). She is a past president of the National Speakers Association, and in 2015 was inducted into its exclusive Speaker Hall of Fame (with fewer than 175 members worldwide). Stack’s clients include Cisco Systems, Wal-Mart, and Bank of America, and she has been featured on the CBS Early Show and CNN, and in the New York Times. To have Laura Stack speak at your next event, call 303-471-7401 or visit her website at www.TheProductivityPro.com.