The document discusses focusing attention as an important executive competency. It provides tips for improving the ability to focus attention, such as increasing self-discipline to stay on task, improving sequential thinking skills, decreasing distractions, and avoiding multi-tasking. Developing strong focus is important for executive performance and achieving results. The document advises reflecting on personal weaknesses with focus and developing strategies to focus better.

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3/19 Introduction and Overview
3/26 E1: Creating Innovation
4/2 E2: Driving Action
4/9 E3: Driving Results
4/16 E4: Focusing Attention
4/23 E5: Leveraging Intelligence
4/30 E6: Managing Meetings
5/7 E7: Managing Time and Priorities
5/14 E8: Organizing Self and Others
5/21 E9: Running the Business
5/28 E10: Solving Problems
Execution
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1. Increase Your Ability to Gain and Maintain Focus and Attention
2. Improve Sequential Thinking Skills
3. Decrease the Tendency to Become Distracted
4. Increase Self-Discipline for Staying on Task
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1. Increase Your Ability to Gain and
Maintain Focus and Attention
• Why do we say this is a “two-fold” competency?
• What are ways you struggle with focusing your own attention?
• What are ways you struggle focusing the attention of others?
• What are ways we can improve focusing our own attention?
• What are ways we can improve focusing others’ attention?
• How do behavioral styles affect this skill?

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2. Improve Sequential Thinking Skills
• What is “Sequential Thinking”?
• Why is this skill important regarding achieving great execution?
• How do you improve your sequential thinking skills?

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3. Decrease the Tendency to Become
Distracted
• What are some ideas you can implement to decrease distractions?
• How does this relate to priority management?
• What actions will you personally take to manage distractions?
• What about managing the distractions of others?

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4. Increase Self-Discipline for Staying on
Task
• How does self-discipline relate to the Focusing Attention competency?
• How can you strengthen your self-discipline to stay on task?
• Why is multi-taking not recommended?
• What is the opposite of multi-tasking? How does it work?
• What actions can you take to improve in this area?

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Focusing AttentionE4 Why Does Focusing Attention Matter?
• What problems do you see with executives that struggle in this area?
• What would you recommend to those who do?
• If one of your direct reports struggles in this area, what would you
recommend them to do?

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Focusing AttentionE4 Developing This Strength
• What stops you for doing your best job focusing?
• What can you change to improve your ability to focus?
• Are you addicted to multi-tasking? What can you do to fix this?
• What systems can you do to reduce distraction?
• What actions do you want to personally take to improve in this area?

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Focusing AttentionE4 Your Style Impacts Focusing Attention