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 strive for instead. More on this topic: Focuswise blog post: Beyond the Illusion of Balance Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise FocusFit Challenge Head of People & Culture at Venus Aerospace Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Speaker Best-Selling Author Professi...
Oct 05, 2023•7 min•Ep. 74
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 occurring at the top. He shares insight on why leader burnout is so prevalent, and what his personal strategy is for keeping it at bay in his senior leadership role at Venus Aerospace. Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise FocusFit Challenge Head of People &...
Jun 30, 2023•6 min•Ep. 73
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 global concerns that infiltrate our daily lives, and the toll they take on our ability to be fully present in the here and now. Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise FocusFit Challenge Head of People & Culture at Venus Aerospace Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Spea...
Jun 06, 2023•5 min•Ep. 72
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. Episode links: Curt's blog post expanding on Shiny Object Syndrome Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise FocusFit Challenge Head of People & Culture at Venus Aerospace Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Speaker Best-Selling Author Professional Speech Coach...
Apr 21, 2023•5 min•Ep. 71
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 know. Episode links: Forbes article: Top 5 Meeting Myths That Sabotage Success by Curt Steinhorst Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise FocusFit Challenge Head of People & Culture at Venus Aerospace Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Speaker Best-Selling Author Profe...
Apr 11, 2023•5 min•Ep. 70
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 successful leaders can rise above the static and create opportunities where they're challenged. Episode links: Curt's Forbes article: Stagnant Career? Three Tips For Growth Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise FocusFit Challenge Head of People & Culture at Ven...
Mar 09, 2023•5 min•Ep. 69
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 with distraction led to a career in focus. Episode links: Blog post: Curt's ADHD Story Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise FocusFit Challenge Head of People & Culture at Venus Aerospace Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Speaker Best-Selling Author Professional ...
Feb 08, 2023•7 min•Ep. 68
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. Show Links: Can I Have Your Attention?: Inspiring Better Work Habits, Focusing Your Team, and Getting Stuff Done in the Constantly Connected Workplace By Curt Steinhorst A Failure of Nerve, Revised Edition: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix By Edwin H Friedman Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynot...
Dec 22, 2022•6 min•Ep. 67
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 plates. But attention science tells us there is something else at play. In this week's podcast, Curt explains context shifting and its detrimental effect on our ability to be productive, engaged, and find satisfaction in our work. Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focus...
Dec 02, 2022•5 min•Ep. 66
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 the "infinity trap" and define what deserves their involvement — and what doesn't. Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Head of People & Culture at Venus Aerospace Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Speaker Best-Selling Author FocusFit Challenge Professional Spee...
Nov 04, 2022•5 min•Ep. 65
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 arduous process, leaders often miscalculate how much it can motivate their people, trigger meaningful engagement, or encourage employees to stick around. So what does motivate employees? Tune in for three factors that actually matter to employees. If you're a leader who wants to drive, engage, and kee...
Oct 18, 2022•7 min•Ep. 64
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 and improving productivity. Despite our best efforts, people are less engaged than ever at work, and leaving their jobs in droves. Tune in to hear how we are misdiagnosing the problem. Links from today's episode: Forbes: Drowning in Meetings & Messages Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience L...
Sep 30, 2022•6 min•Ep. 63
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 their businesses — and their people — with this ineffective (and dehumanizing) leadership style, and how to avoid becoming a micromanager. Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Speaker Best-Selling Author FocusFit Challenge Professional...
Sep 20, 2022•4 min•Ep. 62
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 it pays to follow a different path — make that a dirt road — to a fully disconnected place (while they still exist). Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Speaker Best-Selling Author FocusFit Challenge Professional Speech Coach...
Aug 16, 2022•5 min•Ep. 61
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, there's a dark, soul-sucking side that will eventually propel us backward instead of forward. Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Speaker Best-Selling Author FocusFit Challenge Professional Speech Coach...
Jul 20, 2022•6 min•Ep. 60
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 priorities. Show links: Great Expectations: Making Hybrid Work Work (Microsoft) Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Speaker Best-Selling Author FocusFit Challenge Professional Speech Coach...
Jul 01, 2022•6 min•Ep. 59
Welcome back to Focus in Five with Curt Steinhorst. This week Curt shares tips on how to avoid avoiding important tasks. Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Speaker Best-Selling Author FocusFit Challenge Professional Speech Coach...
Jun 16, 2022•5 min•Ep. 58
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 important work done and the flexibility to manage whatever pops up along the way. Episode Links: Notion Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Speaker Best-Selling Author FocusFit Challenge Professional Speech Coach...
Apr 28, 2022•8 min•Ep. 57
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 you achieve the work-life balance you desire — and feel good about it. Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Speaker Best-Selling Author FocusFit Challenge Professional Speech Coach...
Apr 08, 2022•8 min•Ep. 56
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. Show links: Infographic — Why does everyone want to work from home Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Speaker Best-Selling Author FocusFit Challenge Professional Speech Coach...
Mar 25, 2022•5 min•Ep. 55
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 shares one essential question leaders can ask their team that can eliminate 50% of decision overload. Links from today's episode: Email [email protected] for the roles and responsibilities template mentioned by Curt. Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes ...
Mar 18, 2022•7 min•Ep. 54
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 their remaining people know how much they mattered — and that made all the difference. More on this topic: Forbes Article: Work Has Been Demoted — The Hidden Story Behind The Great Resignation Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Sp...
Mar 04, 2022•7 min•Ep. 53
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 your staff satisfied with their work, take a look at Curt's TED Talk, “How to Like Work Again... No, Seriously!” Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Speaker Best-Selling Author FocusFit Challenge Professional Speech Coach...
Feb 18, 2022•7 min•Ep. 52
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 freeing up your mental space. Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist TedX Talk Speaker Best-Selling Author FocusFit Challenge Professional Speech Coach...
Feb 04, 2022•6 min•Ep. 51
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 deserve disparaging remarks) and how we, as leaders, can learn from these examples to keep our focus where it should be. Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work at www.focuswise.com . Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist Best-Selling Author FocusFit Challenge Professional Speech Co...
Jan 21, 2022•6 min•Ep. 50
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 thought he would do. (Hint: it involves suborbital space.) Episode links: Venus Aerospace Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist Best-Selling Author FocusFit Challenge Professional Speech Coach...
Jan 06, 2022•6 min•Ep. 49
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 recognized work was negatively impacting his life and that he needed to do something about it. Tune in to hear how focusing on an idea that is thousands of years old helped him find the rest he needed. Learn more about Curt Steinhorst's work: Keynote Speaker Founder of Focuswise Forbes Columnist Best-Sel...
Oct 21, 2021•6 min•Ep. 48
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 is tied to constant availability and prioritizing work above all else. But one friend and client, Mark Rampolla, has proven the opposite. He is the very successful founder and former CEO of ZICO Beverages. Tune in to this week's Focus Break to hear a powerful story that Mark once told Curt – one th...
Oct 14, 2021•5 min•Ep. 47
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 most leaders, you don't want anything to do with it. Curt recently had a conversation with Kris Gaerlan, President of Dallas Lease Returns , about how he leads his team — and Kris shared a radically different approach for handling workplace friction adapted from the Karpman Triangle . Listen in to lea...
Oct 01, 2021•4 min•Ep. 46
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 their jobs, leaders have an incredible opportunity to make the significance of their employees’ contributions clear to them. It’s how Elon Musk keeps talented people despite long work hours. And it can create long-term loyalty among the employees at your company, too. Tune in to this week’s Focus Br...
Sep 23, 2021•5 min•Ep. 45
