Barbara Hemphill

Raleigh, North Carolina United States

Founder & CEO

Apparel / Fashion

Barbara Hemphill started her organizing career in 1978 with a $7 ad in a New York City newspaper. Today, as the founder of the Productive Environment Institute, she leads an international team of Certified Productive Environment Specialists™.  Barbara defines a “productive environment” as “an intentional setting in which you can accomplish your work and enjoy your life.” A respected leader in productivity, paper, information & time management, as well as work/life balance, Barbara’s books include Kiplinger’s Taming the Paper Tiger series, Love It or Lose It: Living Clutter-Free Forever, Bushido Business, co-authored by Stephen M. R. Covey, Tom Hopkins, and Brian Tracy, an...