by Rhonda Scharf | Jul 18, 2022 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda
Do you walk your talk? Are you ethical? Do you say one thing and then do another? When I was EA to an SVP, I had one of the branch secretaries (that is the word we used back then) that I looked up to, even though I had the higher position, salary, and respect. I...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jul 11, 2022 | Ask Rhonda, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda
I’m almost 57 years old. I didn’t think that was old, but I as write this, my mother is in palliative care on borrowed time. My mom is 75, making 57 a little older than I thought it was. I expect to live longer than 75, but one never knows. I do know that if I...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jul 4, 2022 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions
Last week our Group Therapy question ultimately boiled down to saying,” No,” when the boss asked our writer to take her laptop with her on vacation. We all know that there are situations where saying no isn’t the right thing to do, and there are...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jun 27, 2022 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions
We all have days when we don’t feel like going to work. But have you ever reached a point where you dreaded going into work? When you basically disliked everything about your job? Maybe you kept putting one foot in front of the other while looking for another...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jun 6, 2022 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda
It feels as if KPIs were the buzzwords of 2021. I heard about them everywhere. It seems as if the world is focused on Key Performance Indicators. Goal setting is passe, and KPI tracking is in vogue. However, if you are an administrative professional,...
