Faster Together: Accelerating Your Team's Productivity - Softcover

Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, CPAE, is president and CEO of The Productivity Pro, Inc. For more than twenty-five years, she has helped associations and Fortune 1000 corporations improve output, increase speed in execution, and save time in the office.

“Faster Together is a driving school for teams who find themselves in charge of a powerful machine but never received the owner’s manual and aren’t quite sure how to maximize power, traction, and torque.”
—Alan Weiss, PhD, author of Million Dollar Consulting, Lifestorming (with Marshall Goldsmith), and fifty other books
 
“Peppered with stories that bring her advice to life, Laura Stack’s Faster Together is an easy, fun read that puts the responsibility for improving work processes and productivity squarely where it belongs: in everyone’s hands. The book and its topics speak directly to individuals, describing how each team member contributes to a productive whole.”
—Tres Shoemaker, Vice President, Organizational Development and Talent Acquisition, Graebel Companies
 
“Laura Stack is on a roll! In Faster Together, she applies hard-earned experience toward helping your team function more effectively at work. Discover how to tweak your team’s business processes toward greater productivity.”
—Deanna Cauley, Vice President, Talent Management, Red Robin International, Inc.
 
“Feeling trapped by an unreasonable work-life balance that barely leaves you enough personal time for meals and sleep? Grab Laura Stack’s new book, Faster Together. Though at first glance it’s all about productivity, Laura’s advice helps you save time in all aspects of your work and life, so you actually get to enjoy the ‘life’ part as well as the work.”
—Montague “Cosmo” L. Boyd, Senior Vice President, Financial Services
 
“In today’s market, agile speed is a must. The business arena is changing more rapidly than ever before, which requires workers and leaders who can stop on a dime and shift direction on a moment’s notice. Faster Together is the ultimate guidebook for rapid, efficient productivity in the modern working world.”
—Mike Howard, Chief Security Officer, Microsoft
 
“Do you really understand how fairness, accountability, systems thinking, and technology affect the speed of your team’s work process? Laura Stack does, and she knows how to help you maximize every aspect of all four. In Faster Together, she shows you how to rev the engines of even the most efficient work process.”
—Andrew Lawrence, Vice President, Enterprise Learning and Personal Development, SCL Health
 
“If you think ‘fast’ and ‘quality’ are mutually exclusive, think again. Laura Stack’s Faster Together gives team members all the tools they need to speed up their processes and change their mindset about accountability, systems, and technology. To make a quantum leap in productivity, you’ll want to buy a copy for all team members!”
—Dianna Booher, author of Communicate Like a Leader and What More Can I Say?
 
“No one understands and teaches quick, efficient productivity as well as Laura Stack. In her latest book, Faster Together, she demonstrates to leaders and team members alike how they can improve their work processes and achieve success faster. A must-have for the ambitious work team!”
—Jeremy Eaves, Senior Director, Employee Relations, DaVita
 
“Laura knows how to make anyone more productive. In Faster Together, she shows how teams can work together seamlessly and efficiently and address any ‘speed bumps’ on the road to success. Highly recommended for any manager or team member looking to accomplish more in less time.”
—Laura Vanderkam, speaker and author of I Know How She Does It