Don't tether yourself to your daily routine | Dysfunction is part of life, Logicworks CEO says | Survey: Most say it's appropriate to friend coworkers on Facebook
Don't tether yourself to your daily routine While many professionals feel that having a daily routine aids productivity, too much emphasis on a routine can throw you into a tailspin when life gets unpredictable, writes Kat Boogaard. It's smart to "think of some different ways that you can become better at adjusting to your ever-changing circumstances, whatever they may be," Boogaard writes. The Muse (9/16)Dysfunction is part of life, Logicworks CEO says Kenneth Ziegler, CEO of Logicworks, learned from an early age to embrace dysfunction and avoid holding himself to impossible standards. "The No. 1 most important part of my job is to make people successful, and I can understand and work with a certain level of dysfunction," he said. The New York Times (free-article access for SmartBrief readers) (9/15)
Making the Connection
Survey: Most say it's appropriate to friend coworkers on Facebook An OfficeTeam survey has found that 71% of professionals feel it's OK to become Facebook friends with coworkers, although 49% of senior managers said they were comfortable doing so. It's often best to accept requests to prevent hurting coworkers' feelings, especially if you can use privacy settings to adjust what they can see on your profiles, OfficeTeam said. Society for Human Resource Management online (9/18)
The Landscape
Google faces lawsuit alleging gender pay gap Three women who formerly worked for Google have filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming they were paid less than their male colleagues. The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, comes after preliminary findings of a pay gap investigation indicated that women at Google's headquarters earned less than men in most job categories. ABC News/The Associated Press (9/14),Reuters (9/14),The Hill (9/14)
Exercise control over your smartphone use by keeping your phone in a separate room when working on an important project or spending time with loved ones, writes Jane Burnett. Avoid using your phone as an alarm, since doing so makes you likely to check notifications when you wake up for the day. Ladders (9/13)
