As a business coach, I believe the number one thing that every company can do in 2010 to be successful is focus.  Pure and simple focus.

Too many employees and companies are off plan, stuck in email, wasting time in poorly planned meetings, and chasing after big shiny objects instead of getting hyper focused.

It’s about getting the critical few things done, not the important many.  It’s not rocket science. Focused effort will beat everything else, hands down, every time.  Prove me wrong

I coach & mentor CEOs in 5 countries.  And last year I was the top rated lecturer at MIT’s Entrepreneurial Masters Program.  I’m certainly not the smartest guy out there but I can get more done than almost anyone due to one thing.  Focus.  And when I’m not focused I’m pretty useless just like everyone else.

I have begun to really see the power of focus in the past few years of coaching and mentoring CEOs.  It’s not about working five days a week.  It’s not about working sixty hours a week.  It is about setting goals at the start of each quarter, month, week and day to stay focused.  If you stay focused and work on the critical few things, instead of the important many then you don’t need to work Fridays.  If your employees were this focused you wouldn’t need to ‘hold them accountable’ or need them to come to the office Monday to Friday.  It’s about the results stupid! Why are you working Fridays? Seriously…