Nancy & Sara
As members of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals, we’ve known each other for years. At a national conference, over dinner, we discovered we had similar business models and goals for our clients. With the synergy we felt, we started Productivity Training Academy to bring our tools and techniques online in an on-demand training format.
Our mission is to bring time management, productivity and technology training to you in a format that is easy to follow and use. The goal for you is to be able to use our training to help you build a productivity system with the tools you need to successfully manage everything in your workplace.
Our partnership combines over 50 years of productivity experience and enables us to share our knowledge, skills, and talents with you as your guides.
Nancy taught “Office Best Practices to Increase Production” to financial advisors and their assistants in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota for ten years. In 1999, she founded Successful Organizing Solutions.
As a productivity consultant and coach, she works with businesses, solopreneurs, and individuals. Partnering with them to assess, design, and implement customized solutions to calm the environment, control information overload, increase productivity, and reduce stress; utilizing her Organize 360 Approach.
She is a member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO) and is a Certified Professional Organizer® and Microsoft Office Specialist in Outlook and OneNote. Nancy has co-authored three books. As the productivity expert, she writes for local publications, and appears on local TV and radio.
Sara Genrich is a Productivity Consultant and the proud owner of Configuration Connection, LLC. She started Configuration Connection in 2011 to help individuals, teams, and companies improve their efficiency by providing real-life solutions to manage workflow, information, teams and technology. Her business has grown to include technology and digital organizing, technology training, and Human Resources services.
She is a member of The National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO), NAPO-DFW, and several local professional groups in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Sara created the Organizing @ Work Workshop for Collin College’s Workforce and Economic Development Department and has delivered it to several companies and professional groups. She has a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of Houston and over 20 years of experience in various office settings and industries.
Sara is a mother of 2, a wife, a business owner, and volunteers in the community with Habitat for Humanity and Family Promise.