Laura Leist, CPO, CRTSFounder, President and Chief Organizing and Productivity Consultant
Appreciative clients include CEOs of multi-billion dollar corporations, paper-and-systems-fatigued law offices, high-profile authors, speakers, athletes and media personalities, solopreneurs, and divas of domesticity. Though they come from all walks of life and work, they all share a universal need to invest in professional help to escape the clutter, disorganization and lack of productivity that slows them down, steals valuable time from their lives, and puts a crimp on their upside earning potential.
Eliminate Chaos employs productivity and organization specialists who are united in their belief that everyone can enjoy life more if they just get organized first. Laura sets the example for the team. She has the rare ability to serve as a strategic, big-picture thinker
Laura’s IT Experience Eliminates Chaos at Work Laura's education, training, and dynamic background in information technology bring welcome calm to the technology storm. Her proven ability to streamline processes was rewarded early in her career when she was recognized as the employee of the year for SAFECO Surety. For over a decade Laura designed computer systems to manage work processes and information to help employees store and retrieve information quickly. What makes her contribution to client success so valuable is the combination of her prior career experience and her gift for explaining how to make the most of technology in a non-geek-speak way.
Creating Order Out of Chaos So Clients Find What They Need Fast Clients come to Laura overwhelmed by technology tools and the steep learning curves associated with making the most of them. Laura consults with clients about their business processes and creates custom productivity systems. As a result, clients gain control and mastery over mobile devices, customer relationship management tools, and file sharing systems that save them valuable time and make life a whole lot easier. For those for whom technology tools were once a challenge, this is cause for celebration.
Clients Rave Client’s rave about how the company delivers on its promises. Laura and the entire Eliminate Chaos team listen compassionately and deliver systems, professional advice and customized organization and productivity solutions that really work. Best of all, they can be easily and seamlessly maintained. Clients breathe a sigh of relief as they put into practice systems created just for them that deliver practical, priceless, and life changing benefits.
Success by the Numbers After a decade of dramatic growth that spans the dot-com bubble burst of 2001 and the Great Recession of 2008, Laura has built a company that is proud to have served thousands of clients. They sing the praises about how the power of organization, systems, processes, and logical work flow has changed their lives, advanced their careers, and saved hours of frustration. Along the way, Laura has:
Laura’s Organizing Genius Took Root Early and by Necessity Laura came by her organizing genius out of necessity. From a very early age, Laura made sure her Mom – a visually impaired, music teacher -- could find what she needed when she needed it. These early acts of service and love built a strong appreciation for form, function and order. Today she and her team orchestrate beautiful and elegant organizing systems, processes, and work flows to create symphonies of order, productivity, and more.
What many would be surprised to learn is that while Laura’s home in Snohomish, WA is lovely and well organized, it is also a welcome haven for treasured pets past and present – including her beloved Saint Bernard named Mozart, Teddy the Persian, and Bear the Malamute.
Mozart joined Laura at the same time she launched her company. With Laura’s training and focus on desired end results, Mozart quickly learned to stop at the door to have his paws wiped off. He also learned to stay out of the living and dining room. Setting up systems, boundaries and expectations paved the way for many happy, joyful moments with Mozart through the years, much like business systems and processes do for clients. She’ll quickly tell you that it is treasured moments in life that matter most and not the stuff.
Laura’s favorite place to travel is Hawaii. Lounging on a beach chair while holding a fruity drink adorned by a paper umbrella, Laura loves to read and do a lot of nothing while pondering beautiful sunsets with her fiancé Rob by her side. They plan to marry on the well ordered date of 9-10-11.
Laura's Delighted Clients "Thank you so much for your detailed, inspiring class on E-mail Productivity Solutions for Outlook 2007."
- Mari Waltz
"I am sitting here with a bit of filing to do but not too much. Easily reaching for my seminar file… easily finding and dealing with expenses and year end planning this month… Your help this year taught me a lot and made a big difference in my life and I am grateful."
- LeeAnn Huggins, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
“I highly recommend Eliminate Chaos for anyone who is looking to pull ahead in their productivity and process.”
-Elizabeth Van Moppes
- MaryPat Cheng, Net Star Communications
- Noel & Dave Stockman, Crescendo Concierge;
- Bill Brooks, American Pacific Mortgage
"Laura is very easy to communicate with and she knows how to get to the heart of a project very quickly. I would highly recommend Laura Leist and Eliminate Chaos to anyone needed organizational or computer-related services, no matter how simple or complex. Laura's background and experience offers a customer more advantages than one might think. Thank You Laura!" - Karen Cassell
"Laura did a wonderful job of organizing my home office. My office was a disaster and Laura helped sort through piles of paper and showed me effective ways to keep business and personal information in order. Her filing system is very effective." - Paula Feldman, Money Mailer
"Thanks so much for your helpful work today. I can see why you're so much more valuable than a book. You got into my work and way of thinking in order to determine what systems would best suite me and my business. You watched and listened to me and brought me the system that fits me like a glove. I feel so much clearer. You eliminated MY chaos!"
- Renee Adsitt, Color Whiz
"Laura saved my sanity and helped my home-based business immeasurably. She has a unique ability to tackle the logistical problem head-on while dealing with the stress and frustration created by the situation simultaneously. I could not recommend anymore more strenuously!"
- M.K.
"I got my car in the garage today!! No more scraping ice off. I can't thank you enough - you are my hero. I'm telling everyone about your service."
- Kim Gillespie
"I was at Denise's delivering product and heard a great compliment that I wanted to share with you. One of the gentlemen installing cabinet hardware told Denise that based on what the inside of her office cabinets and drawers looked like 'Martha Stewart would be envious of her organizational skills.' Denise told him all about you and told him that you were very talented and had been a great help to her."
- Jill Turner- Willox, Designer
"Laura and her team steered us with firm and friendly hands through our move into our new streamlined office space. They took time to understand our unique challenges as a large graphic design firm, and offered expert advice on the big picture and the small details. Eliminate Chaos motivated us to purge 10 years of paper samples and various paperwork and provided us with a plan to use as a guide for where the post-purge essentials would live in our new office. They offered fresh ideas about the casework for our new space and on moving day they worked with our staff to unpack and help organize our new spaces. We were in good hands!"
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Since launching Eliminate Chaos in 2000, Laura Leist has walked her own talk about getting more done to allow “More Time for Life®.” A poster child for getting much accomplished, this self-described overachiever and award-winning entrepreneur has grown what was once a one-woman show into a thriving business. She has also written eight books, including the newest release –
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