Insperity
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Don’t bring everyone into the office just to have them sit in cubicles all day with their headphones on. Don’t multitask. Whether your team members are in a cubicle eight feet away or in their home office 800 miles away, they need someone who clarifies direction, provides resources and offers recognition for doing great work.
Insperity
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Leaders have a lot of responsibilities on their plate and they often assume they can multitask successfully in a remote environment. Do they make it a regular practice to schedule time for certain tasks, or are they always trying to multitask? Employees aren’t the only ones struggling with lots of distractions at home.
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SnackNation
DECEMBER 19, 2016
While the benefits of knocking down those cubicle walls are real, it’s true that open offices can be messy, noisy affairs. Multitasking. Our brains just aren’t built for multitasking, and we’re all terrible at it. When we attempt to multitask, we’re purposefully distracting ourselves from our most important tasks.
Success
DECEMBER 26, 2022
They say no to cubicle lunches, four-minute book summaries, “multitasking” (whatever the heck that means) and monochrome, microwave dinners. In Praise of Slowness by Carl Honore. There is a tranquil minority walking among us who stress less, but live more. These are the advocates of the slow movement. But they are not always slow.
Ask a Manager
JUNE 3, 2019
My boss considers himself a master multitasker. We will soon be renovating one of the offices to fit more and smaller cubicles. I asked my manager whether there will be enough space in the new cubicle to lock the company electronics, and if I cannot do that, if there is another place in the building I could lock them.
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