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About the speaker
David Allen is the world famous guru on time management and productivity. He is the author of the ground-breaking methodology GTD (Getting Things Done). Thanks to this, millions of people have learned how to change their life. Allen has showed how to transform a fast-paced, overwhelming, overcommitted life into one that is balanced, integrated, relaxed, and more successful in its 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 corporate executives.
His pioneering research and coaching to managers and CEOs of some of America’s biggest corporations and institutions has earned him Forbes’ recognition as one of the top five executive coaches in the world. While Fast Company magazine called him "the guru of personal productivity," as well as “one of the world’s most influential thinkers” in the arena of time management.
In the last twenty-five years he has developed and implemented productivity improvement programs, which bring excellent results. The list of his clients includes: Astra Zeneca, BMW, America Deloitte Touche, Deutsche Bank, Ford Foundation, KPMG, Microsoft Corporation, Novartis, Oracle, Sony, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. National Guard Bureau, U.S. Navy and many Fortune 500 corporations.
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David Allen is a founder and a chairman of the David Allen Company, which offers inspirational seminars, coaching, educational materials and practical products for individuals and organizations. During his meetings, he talks on the topics of time and stress management, individual and team productivity, and high performance work practices.
David Allen is an international author of publications and a lecturer. His books - Getting Things Done: the Art of Stress-Free Productivity, and Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life – became international bestsellers in a short period of time. Getting Things Done has been published in twenty-four languages and has now sold a million copies. Time magazine's recent article about David Allen,
which was titled "The Oracle of Organization," called his book, Getting Things Done, "the defining self-help business book" of the decade.
In addition to his books, he has published numerous essays on the topic of personal effectiveness. More than 150 of his original essays have been featured in his e-newsletter, "David Allen's Productivity Principles," with a global readership.
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