2. Main Arguments
Primary Task is to direct attention
How effective executives direct their own and their
organizations’ attention
FOCUS ON:
1. YOURSELF
2. OTHERS
3. THE WIDER WORLD
3. Focus On Yourself
Getting in touch with inner voice
How people focus inward
SELF
AWARENESS
Hearing Inner
voice
Open Awareness
SELF CONTROL
Pursuance of
Goal
Ability to Restrict
Distraction
4. Focus on Others
Executives who can effectively focus on others emerge as natural leaders
regardless of organizational or social rank.
“To Reach Toward”
EMPATHY-
UNDERSTANDING
ANOTHER PERSON’S-
PERSPECTIVE,
FEELINGS &
NEEDS
BUILD RELATIONSHIPS-
REACTING TO SITUATIONS
AND PUTTING OTHERS TO
EASE
5. Focus On The Wider World
FOCUS ON STRATEGY
INNOVATION
GIFT OF SYSTEM AWARENESS
“Visionaries”