Laura Landau

Laura Landau spent sixteen years at Microsoft Corporation balancing a competitive work environment with two kids and a husband. After coaching and mentoring many colleagues on life balance, she decided to write a book about it in her "free time". Thus, she wrote The Life Balance Playbook in the back of her (quite comfortable) mini-van during her kids' activities. After three years worth of one-hour writing blocks, she has published her first book.

Laura was born and raised in Newton, Iowa and earned her BA at Luther College. She then migrated north to the big city of Minneapolis. While there she earned her MBA from the University of Minnesota while working full time (except for her quarter-life-crisis-hiatus in Stockholm...) She now lives in Bellevue, WA with her family. Laura is a consultant and speaker on life balance, collaboration and effective communication.