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
What will they say on your 80th birthday?
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
What will be said about you on your 80th birthday? If you're like me, you imagine frie…
The future of work: Can you have your cake and eat it too?
Companies everywhere are determining what their human management style and next steps will be. And there's no shortage of surveys revealing what employees want. But what do we do when the data is con…
Are leaders out of touch? New data suggests so.
Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. A new study from Edelman Microsoft reveals that leaders today are thriving (but no one else is). Indeed, the majority of employees are strugg…
The Harvard professor who can't focus alone
We usually think focus happens when we're alone in a quiet space – but social psychology tells us that's not always true. In this week's Focus Break, I recap a conversation with Dr. Peter Blair – a d…
How to focus when you feel anxious
Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. This week, I address how to focus when you have anxiety or depression and I offer three tips for shifting your focus when you find yourself i…
What do conference calls and SWAT teams have in common?
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
In a year of crazy distractions, the most bizarre happened a couple of days ago while I…
Generation Z employees are struggling. (Help them.)
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
In this week's Focus Break, I discuss why Generation Z and millennial employees are str…
How One Thing Makes Everything Else Better
Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst.
In this week's Focus Break, I show you the one skill that can give you (or anyone) an enormous advantage in today's distracted world. Listen i…
Finding Calm in the Storm
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
In today's podcast, Curt discusses how (and why) the challenges of this week's severe w…
Super Bowl Commercials, Emotions, and Work
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
In this week's podcast, I reveal how Super Bowl commercials, emotions, and work are all…
How to Find Clarity for Big Decisions
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
In this week's podcast, I challenge leaders to consider how they make big decisions and…
The #1 Hidden Distraction Hurting Your Team
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
In this week's podcast I challenge leaders to look for hidden distractions that contin…
How to Use Distraction to Your Advantage
Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. In this week's podcast, I'm shifting from my usual position on distraction and discussing how it can be beneficial at times – especially when…
The Essential Skill for 2021
Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. Do you have the one super power that will help you achieve your goals in 2021?
In this week's podcast, I challenge you to master the essentia…
Finally, the End of 2020
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
If 2020 has wrung you out, you're not alone. And you deserve to end it with some well-…
The Other To-Do List
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
This week, I am challenging the traditional to-do list and sharing a simple tip to ens…
The Best Gift You Can Give
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
'Tis the season for giving — and today's episode will tell you how to give the most pr…
How to Be Productive by Doing Nothing
Welcome back to another Focus Break with Curt Steinhorst. Today's episode explores the science behind information retention and how doing nothing can actually aid processing and productivity.
Learn mo…
How to Rise Above Information Overload
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
Today we're looking at ways to work with the brain's bias towards recency and frequenc…
Conquering Election Day Chaos
Welcome back to another Focus Break with the #1 expert on focus and attention in the workplace, Curt Steinhorst.
Today is Election Day — and with so much at stake, the world can easily feel out of co…