Curt Steinhorst: Generational Speaker
Curt Steinhorst helps leaders and teams improve focus, productivity, and employee engagement through practical attention management strategies and stronger communication across generations at work.
Quick Facts:
- Founder of Focuswise.
- Author of Can I Have Your Attention?
- More than a decade of speaking and advisory experience.
- Client experience includes Deloitte, J.P. Morgan, and AT&T.
Formats:
- Keynote presentations, workshops, and organizational consulting.
Audiences:
- Executive teams, managers, HR professionals, employee groups, and organizations seeking stronger focus, clearer communication, and more effective collaboration.
Outcomes:
- Recognize workplace habits and expectations that contribute to distraction.
- Apply practical strategies to protect attention and clarify priorities.
- Strengthen communication and understanding across generations.
- Travels from: Frisco, TX
- **US Fee range: $10,001 - $20,000
Talent Services
Keynote Topics:
Navigating Through the Fog
Leading a High-Performance Team through Uncertain Times
How do top leaders communicate clearly, gain trust, and build commitment in times of change, when even they don’t know the way?
Keynote Presentation Outcomes
- How to clarify confusing, uncertain, and unprecedented situations;
- How to provide visibility and encourage collaboration without overwhelming employees with endless meetings and constant interruptions;
- How to use the turbulence to loosen old constraints and create more efficient and less stressful rhythms of work;
- How to drive growth, innovation, and high performance without creating burnout;
- How to keep people focused, resilient, and motivated during prolonged periods of uncertainty.
Making Hybrid Work
Emerging Trends, Best Practices, Hidden Traps, and Well-Intentioned Mistakes
How do leaders create hybrid organizations that re-engage their people, boost productivity, and enable teams to do their best work?
Keynote Presentation Outcomes
- How to build trust, unity, and buy-in with a dispersed workforce;
- Which practical tactics will help you set clear expectations and boost productivity;
- What best practices and out-of-the-box ideas leaders will use to innovate for the next five years;
- How to identify and lead past common and demoralizing threats to retention, productivity, and engagement;
- What “return to work” policies work best;
- How to use and transform office space and technology;
- How to navigate the varying and conflicting hybrid work preferences.
Talent Short Bio
Curt Steinhorst is a keynote speaker, author of Can I Have Your Attention?, and founder of Focuswise. He helps organizations address workplace distraction, strengthen productivity, and create conditions that support focused work.
With more than a decade of speaking and advisory experience, Curt connects attention management with leadership, communication, and employee engagement. His client experience includes Deloitte, J.P. Morgan, and AT&T.
Curt also explores generational communication, helping teams understand different workplace expectations and build more effective working relationships.
His presentations combine research, storytelling, and practical strategies tailored to organizational challenges. Audiences gain a clearer understanding of what fragments attention and how individual habits, team expectations, and workplace culture can support meaningful progress.
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