David Allen

David Allen is widely recognized as the world’s leading expert on personal and organizational productivity. His thirty-year pioneering research and coaching to corporate managers and CEOs of some of America’s most prestigious corporations and institutions has earned him Forbes’ recognition as one of the top five executive coaches in the U.S. and Business 2.0 magazine's inclusion in their 2006 list of the "50 Who Matter Now." Time Magazine called his flagship book, Getting Things Done, “the definitive business self-help book of the decade.” Fast Company Magazine called Allen “one of the world’s most influential thinkers” in the arena of personal productivity, for his outstanding programs and writing on time and stress management, the power of aligned focus and vision, and his groundbreaking methodologies in management and executive peak performance.   

Allen is the international best-selling author of Getting Things Done: the Art of Stress-Free Productivity; Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life; and Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life.

As the engineer of GTD®, the popular Getting Things Done® methodology, Allen has shown millions how to transform a fast-paced, overwhelming, overcommitted life into one that is balanced, integrated, relaxed, and has more successful outcomes. GTD’s broad appeal is based on the fact that it is applicable from the boardroom to the living room to the classroom. It is hailed as “life changing” by students, busy parents, entrepreneurs and corporate executives.  

Allen is the Founder and Chairman of the David Allen Company, whose inspirational seminars, coaching, educational materials and practical products present individuals and organizations with a new model for “Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life.” He continues to write articles and essays that address today’s ever-changing issues about living and working in a fast-paced world while sustaining balance, control, and meaningful focus.

Allen is a popular keynote speaker on the topics of time and stress management, individual and team productivity, and high performance work practices.

• Ready for Anything

• Leveraging Focus and Vision - Harnessing the Power of Imagery in Life and Work

• Getting Things Off Your Mind and Getting Them Done - The Zen of In-Basket Maintenance

• Making Change Stick - the Two Magic Ingredients

• What's On Your Mind? How to Stop Unproductive Thinking and Get Things Done

• Creating Order Out of Chaos - Staying Afloat in a World of Too Much to Do

• Managing Commitments - the Key to Relaxed Control

• The Five Keys to Mastering Workflow

• Mastering the Art of Work

• Getting Projects Off Your Mind and Moving - Why Natural Planning is Not Normal

• Getting Things Done: the Art of Stress-Free Productivity

• One of the world's must influential thinkers on productivity
  Fast Company Magazine
• Fantastic content and applicability. Outstanding presentations.
  Ralston Purina
• David Allen's work is both powerful and important.
  New England Medical Center
• David Allen's work is a breath of fresh air
  Oracle
• David Allen is the Henry Ford of the digital age.
  KPMG

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  December 2008

  Making It All Work

  David Allen shows us how to excel in dealing with our daily commitments, the unexpected, and the information overload that threatens to drown us. Making It All Work provides an instantly usable, success-building tool kit for staying ahead of the game. Making It All Work addresses: how to figure out where you are in life and what you need; how to be your own consultant and a CEO of your life; moving from hope to trust in decision-making; when not to set goals; harnessing intuition, spontaneity, and serendipity; and why life is like business and business is like life.

  
  
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  December 2004

  Ready For Anything

  In Getting Things Done, David Allen offered a breakthrough system to enhance productivity-at work and in daily life. Now "the guru of personal productivity" (Fast Company) asks readers what is holding them back and shows how they can be ready for anything-with a clear mind, a clear deck, and clear intentions. With wit, motivational insights, and inspiring quotes, Ready for Anything shows readers how to make things happen with less effort, stress, and ineffectiveness, and lots more energy, creativity, and clarity. This is the perfect book for anyone wanting to work and live at their very best.

  
  
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  December 2002

  Getting Things Done

  In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that he has introduced to tens of thousands of people across the country. Allen's premise is simple: our productivity is directly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve effective productivity and unleash our creative potential.