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Read to Lead: From To-Do to Done with Maura Thomas

Friday, June 6, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)

Online. Link will be sent.

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Join PBS for Read to Lead 2025!

The purpose of Read To Lead is to tap into the genius of the authors we sell in our stores to improve our own work and personal environments.  We're a book club for managing bookstores! Registration is $50 for three meetings for discussion and learning with an expert in the field.

Our first 2025 session features Maura Thomas, expert on  attention management and personal productivity. 

Our sponsor Sourcebooks is generously providing all who register with 3 of Maura's books:

  • Attention Management: How to Create Success and Gain Productivity - Every Day
  • From To-Do to Done: How to Go from Busy to Productive by Mastering Your To-Do List
  • The Happy Inbox: How to Have a Stress-Free Relationship with Your Email and Overcome Your Communication Clutter

Maura will be leading each session as we discuss how to:

  • Take back your time and attention through information management
  • Get from "to do" to "done"
  • Spend less time managing communication clutter and more time working toward your goals

Our three sessions meet  at 3 pm ET / 2 pm CT / Noon PT on: 
  • Friday, June 6: Attention Management
  • Friday, June 13: From to-do to done
  • Friday, June 20: Managing Email Clutter

Meet Maura Thomas, The Leading Expert on Attention Management and Personal Productivity.

An acclaimed expert in individual and corporate productivity, Maura has dedicated her career to helping people harness their time, energy, and unique capabilities to accomplish more with less stress. She is an award-winning international speaker, trainer, and author and the most widely-recognized authority on attention management.

Beginning in the 1990s, with a drive to understand what strategies truly elevate personal effectiveness and why they worked where other strategies failed, Maura attended every seminar and digested every piece of literature on personal productivity.

It was her job to study, understand, internalize, and articulate all aspects and methodologies of personal productivity and effectiveness that existed, everywhere in the world. This provided her with an extensive education on the topic.

Her relentless pursuit of the most valuable insights for herself and others ultimately laid the foundation for her Empowered Productivity System™. Her framework distills the essence of those insights, her personal experience, and more into a transformative approach to achievement.

Since its inception, Maura’s system has not only fueled and supported her own success as a speaker, trainer, and author, but has also transformed the lives of countless professionals.