Peek through the windows of most tech companies and you’ll likely see hordes of multitasking millennials. Conventional wisdom has been that if you hire a bunch of millennials and set them to ...

Multitasking is usually looked at as a desirable trait in an employee; no manager wants to hire someone who’s going to become overwhelmed as soon as the phone rings while they’re writing an email.

I’m a full-time freelancer, which means I spend my days writing articles from my house. But once upon a time, I commuted to an office every day where I was bombarded with meetings, assignments, Slack ...

We live in a world filled with distractions. Throughout the workday, 79% of workers report feeling distracted. Employees lose an estimated 720 hours a year because of workplace distractions. As a ...

As a small business owner, you might have financial constraints that limit your ability to fully staff your operation. However, you can focus your recruitment and selection strategy to identify ...

Rachel Feintzeig’s “Lies We Tell Ourselves About Multitasking” (Personal Journal, May 8) makes me wonder about my profession. I was a simultaneous interpreter at the United Nations for 55 years. The ...

"You had one job!" is the punchline on a popular Internet meme involving organizational screw-ups. Now critics are saying something similar about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in ...