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
How to eliminate 50% of your overload
Welcome back to Focus in Five with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
Leaders can't make great decisions if they're busy making every decision. This week, Curt sh…
The resignation cascade
Welcome back to Focus in Five with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
This week Curt shares two cases where leaders losing valuable team members found ways to let …
How to stop your people from resigning
Welcome back to Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst. In today’s podcast, Curt shares three mind shifts leaders can adopt to prevent their people from leaving.
If you’re interested in more ideas to keep…
Why “I’ll be more efficient today” doesn’t work — and what to do about it
Welcome back to another Focus in Five podcast with Curt Steinhorst. In this week’s podcast, Curt suggests a different way to increase your productivity while reducing some of that pressure and freein…
What they say when you leave the room
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
This week Curt shares the stories of three sub-par CEOs (including what each one did to…
2022: The year I’m doing something I would “never” do
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst. This week, Curt reveals a big, big change for 2022 –– he's doing something he NEVER th…
A Counterintuitive Solution for Overwork and Burnout
Welcome back to another FocusBreak with Curt Steinhorst. This week, Curt shares a story about friend and colleague, Mark Skeba, reaching a breaking point in his corporate career – that moment he reco…
Building a billion-dollar empire and getting home for dinner
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
There's a pervasive myth in today's work culture that most of us still believe: Success…
End workplace drama with geometry
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
Drama. If you're a leader, you have to deal with it on your team. And if you're like m…
What’s the greater meaning in your job?
Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst – global leader on attention and focus. We all want our work to be meaningful. And right now, when so many people are questioning the value of…
How to "Respect the Red"
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst. This week Curt discusses what it means to "Respect the Red" and how this tip can shift…
Unscrambling the Mental Spaghetti of the Pandemic
Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. This week Curt discusses why he and his team created My Pandemic Journal and how this powerful tool can help us process the moments that have…
Wisdom from Lin-Manuel Miranda's latest musical
Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst.
Wisdom can come from unexpected places. This week – when the concerns of our world are great, burnout and stress are high, and overall well-b…
Leading Through the Fog
Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. We've always had uncertainty, but it's greater than ever now. With the confluence of COVID, an economic crisis, social unrest, a divided soci…
Lessons in focus from the Olympics: A conversation with Katie Hoff
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
This week, Curt interviews former Olympic medalist Katie Hoff, competitive swimmer and …
How to impact the lives around you
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
What is the key to having an impact on the lives around you? How can you ensure you’re …
Could your post-pandemic plans cause an exodus?
We hope you're sitting down for this: After having more autonomy during the pandemic, 41% of employees are actively considering a job change, especially if their organizations won't let them self-man…
Art Gensler, champion of spaces that matter – like yours
In this week's Focus Break, Curt pays tribute to Art Gensler, founder of the world's largest architecture firm, who died Monday at age 85.
Gensler pioneered a radically different way to view the space…
Stressed? Overwhelmed? Pay attention to your mental health
In this week's Focus Break, Curt explains why managing your attention and focus is about SO much more than increasing productivity. It's tied to your day-to-day mental health, preventing burnout and …
The 3-Hour Device-Free Experiment
We've all been with those we care about while everyone is on a digital device. People in the same space aren't connecting, talking, or even enjoying their physical space together. In this week's Focu…