by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 29, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda
Which is correct: Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-Five was the year I was born. Or 1965 was the year I was born. The rules about using numbers in written form seem to confuse a lot of people. Elements of using numbers can be confusing. For the record, Nineteen Hundred and...
by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 22, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions
Leadership is not about your title. It doesn’t matter if you have people who report to you or not. Those are definitions of supervision or management. Leadership and supervision are entirely different things. You can be a supervisor/manager who is or is not a...
by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 16, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda
Pandemic Stress Solutions For the past 20 months, we have been hearing about the negative impact on our physical and mental well-being that the pandemic has had. I know for me, it certainly has. Each time I find myself in a situation that is now considered crowded...
by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 8, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions
Since Associations generally run on volunteer manpower, there must be a constant presence, a corporate “voice of” history, and consistency within the organization. Board of Directors (BoD) are often volunteers with a limited term and limited time to devote to...
by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 1, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda
I heard on the radio recently that the most stressful years of our lives are between 30-40. While I am sure that not everyone agrees, those years rank the most stressful because we typically balance the stress of a young family and the expenses we have during that...
by Rhonda Scharf | Oct 25, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda
Charles Darwin wrote in his Origin of Species that it’s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. The species that survives is the one that is most adaptable to the changing environment. (–Professor Leon Megginson, “Lessons...
