
Work life balance is the wrong goal
10/05/23 • 7 min
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.
- 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
- Professional Speech Coach
Find Curt on LinkedIn
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.
- 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
- Professional Speech Coach
Find Curt on LinkedIn
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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.
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