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:Focus

Burnout in the corner office

Jun 30th, 2023 5m 54s

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 wh

The Senate passed a bill... but does it really matter?

Jun 6th, 2023 5m 23s

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,

The curse of shiny objects: How to manage an obsession with novelty

Apr 21st, 2023 4m 52s

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 SyndromeLearn mo

Meeting myths: Dispelling the notion that being in the room equals being in the know

Apr 11th, 2023 4m 38s

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 Meetin

Shake up your career: Strategies to overcome stagnation and boredom

Mar 9th, 2023 5m 29s

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

How distraction almost killed my career

Feb 8th, 2023 7m 14s

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.Ep

Difficult challenges with non-difficult people

Dec 22nd, 2022 5m 39s

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 W

Context shifting wrecks the work day, and here is why

Dec 2nd, 2022 5m 16s

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

The hidden cost of sharing your opinion

Nov 4th, 2022 4m 48s

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

I don't care about your mission

Oct 18th, 2022 6m 43s

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 ho

Drowning in meetings and messages

Sep 30th, 2022 5m 47s

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

No one likes a micromanager

Sep 20th, 2022 4m 6s

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

How to stop needing a vacation from your vacation

Aug 16th, 2022 4m 43s

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 tha

The Soul-Sucking Side of Efficiency

Jul 20th, 2022 5m 30s

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 e

Stuck in meeting madness?

Jul 1st, 2022 5m 50s

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: Ma

Raise your hand if there's a task you're avoiding... again

Jun 16th, 2022 4m 31s

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 SpeakerFounder of FocuswiseForbes ColumnistTedX Talk SpeakerBest-Selling Aut

How I organize my day

Apr 28th, 2022 8m 11s

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

Your work boundaries: Working? Failing? Or hard to figure out?

Apr 8th, 2022 7m 30s

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

When back-to-work backfires

Mar 25th, 2022 5m 14s

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 t

How to eliminate 50% of your overload

Mar 18th, 2022 6m 57s

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 t

The resignation cascade

Mar 4th, 2022 6m 31s

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 mat

How to stop your people from resigning

Feb 18th, 2022 7m 5s

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

Why “I’ll be more efficient today” doesn’t work — and what to do about it

Feb 4th, 2022 5m 30s

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

What they say when you leave the room

Jan 21st, 2022 5m 41s

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