Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst
Focuswise CEO, Curt Steinhorst, helps leaders harness the power of human attention. Curt works with innovative leaders around the globe, using the Focuswise approach to teach, train, and provide tools that enable individuals and organizations to eliminate costly distractions and create cultures of focus — achieving greater productivity, engagement, innovation, and joy.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 4 minutes
- Episodes
- 74
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2023
Work life balance is the wrong goal
Welcome back to Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst, global expert on leadership, workplace culture, and attention. This week Curt discusses why work-life balance is an unattainable goal — and what to…
Burnout in the corner office
Welcome back to Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst, global expert on leadership, workplace culture, and attention. This week Curt tackles the most damaging (yet overlooked) form of burnout: the one o…
The Senate passed a bill... but does it really matter?
Welcome back to Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst. This week Curt shares a personal experience from his recent family vacation to Disney World that left him contemplating the incessant stream of glo…
The curse of shiny objects: How to manage an obsession with novelty
Welcome back to Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst. This week Curt discusses one of the most common distractions that leaders face: An obsession with new and novel ideas.
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Meeting myths: Dispelling the notion that being in the room equals being in the know
Welcome back to Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst. This week Curt discusses one of the most pervasive meeting misconceptions plaguing corporate America: that being in the room equals being in the kn…
Shake up your career: Strategies to overcome stagnation and boredom
Welcome back to Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst. This week, Curt discusses why feeling stagnant or bored at work is often the result of being too good at your job, and he shares two ways that succ…
How distraction almost killed my career
Welcome back to Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst, global expert on leadership, workplace culture, and attention. This week Curt shares his ADHD story, his all time career low, and how his struggles…
Difficult challenges with non-difficult people
Welcome back to Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst, global expert on leadership, workplace culture, and attention. This week, Curt discusses why self awareness is a leadership must-have.
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Context shifting wrecks the work day, and here is why
Welcome back to Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst, global expert on leadership, workplace culture, and attention. Most people attribute work exhaustion to the volume of responsibilities on their pla…
The hidden cost of sharing your opinion
Welcome back to Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst, global expert on leadership, workplace culture, and attention. This week Curt discusses the two most critical questions leaders should ask to avoid…
I don't care about your mission
Welcome back to Focus in Five with the #1 expert on focus and attention at work, Curt Steinhorst. This week, Curt gets real about missions statements. Even though crafting a mission statement is an a…
Drowning in meetings and messages
Welcome back to Focus in Five with the #1 expert on focus and attention at work, Curt Steinhorst. This week, Curt dives into the challenges companies face today — particularly keeping good employees…
No one likes a micromanager
Welcome back to Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst. This week Curt discusses micromanagers. It's no secret that they are NOT great leaders. Curt shares why people are still hindering the growth of th…
How to stop needing a vacation from your vacation
Welcome back to another Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst. This week, Curt reveals how in an era when Elon Musk's Starlink aims to bring internet connectivity to every part of our planet, sometimes …
The Soul-Sucking Side of Efficiency
Welcome back to Focus in Five with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
In this week's episode Curt examines why efficiency may not always be a good thing. In fact, …
Stuck in meeting madness?
Welcome back to Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst. This week Curt explores the problem with meetings and how the real dilemma is not having enough daily capacity to work on our responsibilities and …
Raise your hand if there's a task you're avoiding... again
Welcome back to Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst. This week Curt shares tips on how to avoid avoiding important tasks.
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How I organize my day
Welcome back to another Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst. Today, Curt shares how he organizes his day. It's a hybrid "new tech" / old school system that gives him the structure he needs to get impo…
Your work boundaries: Working? Failing? Or hard to figure out?
Welcome back to Focus in Five with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
This week Curt shares three keys for creating (and keeping) the kinds of boundaries that let …
When back-to-work backfires
Welcome back to Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst. This week Curt shares what some leaders are doing to give their employees back to work flexibility — and what unexpected challenges they face.
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