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The Power of Focused Leadership:

3 Counterintuitive Shifts That Change What's Possible

One of the very things that made you successful as a leader may now be silently sabotaging that success.

A free 60-minute session for leaders who want to be more strategic, present, and effective without carrying everything themselves.

Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT

Format: Live virtual session via Google

Meet Cost: Free

The Problem

You didn't get here by accident. You became known as capable. Dependable. Someone who could handle a lot.

When something needed to get done, you figured it out. When someone needed an answer, you helped. When more responsibility came your way, you took it on.

And those behaviors were probably rewarded. But as your responsibility grew, something else happened.

There were more priorities competing for your attention. More meetings. More decisions. More people who needed something from you. More opportunities to step in, solve the problem, and keep things moving.

So you did what had always worked. You figured out how to carry more.

Now your own priorities get pushed to the edges of the day. Strategic work waits for a quiet moment that rarely comes. You're available to your team, but sometimes so busy helping them move their work forward that you struggle to move your own.

And even when the laptop closes, your brain doesn't always close with it.

The answer we've been given is usually to become more productive. Manage your time better. Protect your calendar. Find the right system. Become more disciplined.

But what if the next level of your leadership isn't about becoming even better at carrying it all?

What if it's about becoming much more intentional about what you carry in the first place?

What This Session Is About

In this 60-minute live session, workplace focus researcher and keynote speaker Jenna Piché will challenge some of the conventional wisdom about what effective leadership looks like and introduce three counterintuitive shifts that can fundamentally change what becomes possible for you and the people you lead.

You'll explore what changes when you stop trying to become more efficient at carrying an unreasonable amount of work, become more intentional about what deserves your attention, and resist the urge to always step in with the answer for your team.

Through research, relatable stories, practical frameworks, and real-world examples, you'll discover a different way to think about focus and leadership at the actual pace of work.

Because your value as a leader isn't proven by how much you can carry. It's demonstrated by what becomes possible around you.

What You'll Walk Away With

A different way to think about capacity. Understand why becoming more efficient at carrying everything isn't the answer, and how to start creating room for the work your leadership actually requires.
A practical way to decide what deserves your attention. Learn how to stay connected to what matters when meetings, requests, shifting priorities, and the actual pace of work compete for your focus.
A leadership shift that helps your team become more capable. See how being helpful and available can unintentionally create dependence, and learn what to do instead so your team can think, decide, and grow.
Practical tools you can use immediately. You'll leave with specific questions and frameworks you can bring into your next workday, not another productivity system you have to perfectly maintain.
A next step if you want to keep going. You'll also get an introduction to the Focused Leader Community and how we're putting these ideas into practice together.

This Is For You If...

You're good at what you do, but you're tired of your effectiveness being measured by how much you can personally carry.
Your strategic priorities routinely get displaced by meetings, requests, urgent work, and what other people need from you.
You spend so much of your day helping everyone else move their work forward that your own work gets pushed to nights, weekends, or never.
You want to be more present with your team without becoming the person everyone depends on for every answer.
You want to close your laptop and actually shut off your work brain, with enough attention and energy left for the rest of your life.
You know the next level of your leadership requires something different, but you don't want another productivity system to manage.

Your Host

Jenna Piché is a workplace focus researcher, keynote speaker, and founder of the Center for Workplace Focus.

For more than 20 years, Jenna has worked with and led teams across industries. Her work is driven by a simple question: Why is it so hard for capable people who know what matters to actually give their attention to it?

Her research includes studying the working habits of more than 800 professionals, along with hands-on work with leaders and teams to understand what helps people do their most important work at the actual pace of modern organizations.

Today, Jenna helps leaders rethink the relationship between focus, capacity, and effective leadership so they can spend more of their attention on the work that matters, develop more capable teams, and have something left for the rest of their lives.

She is also the host of The Other Side of Busy Podcast.

Her belief is simple:

Your value as a leader isn't proven by how much you can carry. It's demonstrated by what becomes possible around you.

Ready to Lead With More Focus?

Join us for this free 60-minute session and discover three counterintuitive shifts that can change the way you think about your work, your attention, and your role as a leader.

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