Curt Steinhorst

Audience: Leaders at all levels

Big idea:

Lead at speed without burnout: How to adapt leadership for today's fast-paced, high-demand environment while energizing rather than exhausting your team.

Description:

Leaders today face immense pressure to deliver results faster than ever. The real challenge isn’t speed—it’s the drag that slows progress. This talk explores how to eliminate the hidden forces that hinder momentum, enabling leaders to guide their teams through rapid change without burning out. Learn how to manage disruption, foster agility, and build a culture of curiosity and accountability. With practical strategies, you’ll keep your team energized and focused, while staying attuned to how people respond to speed, pressure, and change.

Outcomes:

Lead confidently through market shifts and internal transitions while keeping teams focused and engaged
Learn how to spot and remove the subtle inefficiencies that can slow even successful organizations
Cultivate an environment that embraces continuous improvement, reduces complacency, and accelerates innovation
Adapt how you communicate to improve decision-making speed while maintaining clarity, purpose, and alignment
Event:

C-suite association events, leadership conferences, executive retreats, leadership team off-sites, talent development programs

Audience: Leaders with bosses, Operational/Middle/Emerging Leaders/Managers

Big idea:

Operational leaders are under pressure from both sides—driving execution while influencing up. To drive results without overwhelming yourself or your team, you must evolve how you lead and reduce the friction that slows progress.

Description:

Designed for leaders with both a boss and direct reports, this session addresses the unique pressures of leading up while managing down. Operational leaders often operate with limited information and shifting priorities, all while translating strategy into action and solving problems they didn’t create. Learn how to empower teams to move at speed, foster environments of psychological safety, and protect your team’s capacity without overwhelming them—or yourself. This session gives you the tools to accelerate progress while navigating the complexities of operational leadership.

Outcomes:
Engage senior leadership in ways that accelerate progress and reduce friction.
Help teams cut through the noise and focus on what matters most.
Empower teams to make decisions independently while staying aligned with organizational goals.
Build internal agility to reduce the impact of external pressures on team performance.
Foster a culture of accountability that ensures progress without constant oversight.
Eliminate outdated processes that frustrate teams and slow execution.

Event:

Company and industry leadership retreats, conferences, developmental programs

Audience: Intact Teams, Team Leads

Big idea:

Teams should be your greatest accelerators, but too often they’re the very source of drag. By rethinking how we approach teamwork, we can eliminate friction and turn speed into a strategic advantage.

Description:

High-performing teams don’t just move fast—they move with precision and intention. Yet even the most talented teams face barriers like misaligned priorities and decision paralysis, which create unnecessary drag. This session dives into how leaders can remove these barriers and create conditions where speed becomes an asset, not a liability. We’ll explore the unseen forces that create drag within even the most talented teams, from decision paralysis to misaligned priorities, and how to eliminate them. You’ll walk away with practical tools for improving collaboration, communication, and decision-making to help your team thrive in high-velocity environments.

Outcomes:

Shared Language: Develop a common language and baseline for effective teamwork
Re-energized: Leave inspired and empowered to take action and make an impact
Practical Tools: Gain tools and techniques for immediate implementation to improve collaboration
Improved Communication: Strengthen team dynamics with clear communication practices that support rapid progress

Event:
Company/department-wide events, in-tact team retreats, new project kickoffs, talent development programs

Audience: Applicable for all

Big idea:
In a high-speed world, the challenge isn’t just keeping up—it’s maintaining peak performance without burning out. The solution lies in focusing on what truly drives results while managing pressure effectively.

Description:

In today’s fast-paced environment, sustaining high performance often feels like a race against burnout. But relentless pressure doesn’t have to lead to exhaustion. This session provides strategies to help leaders focus on what truly matters, shed distractions, and manage stress in ways that sustain long-term success. You’ll learn how to keep yourself and your team energized and focused without sacrificing well-being or productivity.

Outcomes:

Enhanced Focus and Productivity: Shed unnecessary burdens and distractions, enabling focus for high-impact tasks in fast-paced environments

Sustainable High Performance: Gain insights into maintaining peak performance over the long term without succumbing to burnout

Pressure and Stress Management: Discover practical techniques for reducing mental and emotional drag

Event:

Sales conferences, public events, wellness programs, annual kickoffs, end-of-year celebrations, next-gen leadership events, personal development, departmental training