Let’s accept this, friends – no one is great at multitasking in the workplace. And by multitasking, I mean, activities like attending a meeting/presentation AND responding to emails/chats concurrently.
Now you might think you can get away with it, but here is a definitive way OTHERS can tell that you were distracted or were multitasking during the session
🧛♀️ You bring up a point that was discussed earlier – and your comments demonstrate that you hadn’t listened the first time around.
I have seen this happen frequently, and others are too polite to point out the obvious – but you know they are THINKING it. 🧐
By the way, I have also noticed that the senior people in the meetings usually tend to engage fully in the session. So if you want to be seen as leadership material, stop cheating yourself and others. Stop multitasking.