All of the Managing Partners with whom I work are devoured by their "multitasking work environments". "Recovering from information overload" (McKinsey Quarterly, January 2011) authors Derek Dean and Caroline Webb have succinctly laid out their take on the problems and solutions:
Problems (multitasking):
slows us down,
hampers creativity and
makes us anxious and it’s addictive)
Solutions
http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1056137&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1Tom Peters on the Definition of Leadership from Tom Peters on Vimeo.
Whether you are Firm Chair, Managing Parter, Practice Group Leader, Industry Group Leader or Client Team Leader, I believe 3 minutes and 53 seconds will prove a useful catalyst for your thought.
