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,...
by Rhonda Scharf | May 30, 2022 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda
They are everywhere. They are on the interstate, in the line-up at your favorite coffee shop, at work, next door, and even related to you. Difficult people are everywhere, and if your strategy is to avoid them, you’ll spend a lot of time alone at home. Instead,...
by Rhonda Scharf | May 9, 2022 | Ask Rhonda, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda
What does it mean to you when someone is described as being successful? Does it mean they earn or have a lot of money? Does it mean they are in a senior leadership role, have a Ph.D., drive a nice car, have a housekeeper, sleep like a rock every night, read 100 pages...
