Laura Leist, CPO, MOS, CRTS

Founder, Productivity Specialist™, Coach, Speaker

When you meet Laura Leist for the first time, you’ll quickly realize that she’s someone who simply gets things done. Her uncanny ability to see the big picture while managing all the finer details is seen in every aspect of the work Eliminate Chaos does for you.

Through the rare combination of both an analytical and creative mind, she is the perfect person to have in your home, creating masterpieces out of systems — and bringing about beauty from chaos.

Whether you’re facing an overwhelming organizing challenge, complete digital mayhem, or an extremely complex move, Laura beautifully orchestrates the complicated moving parts of the entire process. Clients often say, “Laura thinks about everything — details that would never even occur to me!”
Among colleagues, Laura is a leader among leaders in an industry full of organizing experts. She's seen it all over the years and has perfected the efficient tried-and-true methods that have allowed her to become the best in the biz. Her exceptional ability to anticipate needs meant that Laura and her team were the first to offer digital organizing services over twenty years ago — before the term even existed. With a degree and background in management information systems and computer science, Laura has the knowledge you want but the ability to explain it in the way you need.

When you’re considering a massive project like a multi-home, commercial, or international move, you need to know that it will be done right the first time. Armed with her 20 plus-page relocation checklist, Laura knows there’s no room for error with these larger projects. Her strategic thinking coupled with her softer side and appreciation of beauty, means everything is covered from the utensil drawer in your kitchen to safely moving an extremely valuable art or wine collection, including large scale paintings and sculptures.
Laura and her team have applied the methodology from her book, Eliminate Chaos: The 10-Step Process to Organize Your Home and Life, to homes and businesses throughout the Seattle area for over twenty years.

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.

Laura and her husband Rob were married on the well-ordered date of 9-10-11 in Maui — their favorite place to travel. Laura and Rob’s children have four paws and they are building a vacation home in Eastern WA wine country, where their vineyard grows grapes. Laura knows from experience that it’s treasured moments that matter most in life, and not the stuff.