Focus Like a Laser Beam: 10 Ways to Do What Matters Most
- 2h 21m
- Lisa Haneberg
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2006
In Focus Like a Laser Beam, acclaimed management consultant and business blogger Lisa Haneberg offers business leaders a new way to direct their focus that, like a laser beam, is direct, fast, and on track. The book offers leaders ways to improve energy and engagement in the workplace and redirect how people communicate at work. Focus Like a Laser Beam is filled with useful suggestions for dealing with distractions and diversions and outlines the ten practices that will help leaders focus on what’s most important.
- Know and feel the power of laser focus
- Get connected with your employees
- Have fun and be fun
- Relax to energize
- Turn meetings into focus sessions
- Invite a challenge
- Huddle
- Stop multitasking and put your focus where it belongs
- Do one great thing
- Let go of outdated goals, projects, and tasks
About the Author
Lisa Haneberg is an expert in the areas of management, leadership, and personal and organizational success. In addition to consulting on organization development, management and leadership training, and human resources, she offers integrated training solutions and individual and group coaching services and speaks on a variety of leadership and management topics.
Her first book, High Impact Middle Management: Solutions for Today’s Busy Managers, was a groundbreaking management book for its audience (Adams Media, January 2005). She has also written Organization Development Basics (September 2005) and Coaching Basics (March 2006) for the ASTD Press. She was one of eleven contributors to More Space (October 2005), a book of essays written by some of the brightest minds in business. Haneberg reaches a worldwide audience through her blog, Management Craft). Management Craft offers resources and perspectives to leaders, managers, and those who develop and coach them.
Over the past twenty-two years, Haneberg has worked with leaders at all levels and for many types and sizes of organizations including high-tech manufacturing (Intel); distribution, manufacturing, and services (Black & Decker, Mead Paper); e-retailing and distribution (Amazon.com); travel and leisure products and services (Beacon Hotel, Travcoa, and Cruise West); and the Royal Government of Thailand. She is a certified master trainer and behavioral assessment interpreter. She earned an undergraduate degree in behavioral sciences from the University of Maryland and has taken graduate courses at Johns Hopkins University and Ohio State University.
In this Book
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Focus Like A Laser Beam—10 Ways To Do What Matters Most
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Foreword
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Introduction
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Know And Feel The Power Of Laser Focus
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Get Intimate With Your Employees
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Have Fun And Be Fun
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Relax To Energize
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Turn Meetings Into Focus Sessions
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Invite A Challenge
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Huddle
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Stop Multitasking, Start Chunking
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Do One Great Thing
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Let Go
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Conclusion
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