by Rhonda Scharf | May 23, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Tips
The average person receives more than 100 business emails per day (financesonline.com), and that doesn’t include spam! How much of your day is spent chasing people who don’t respond to your email in the first place? Do you regularly complain that people just don’t...
by Rhonda Scharf | May 15, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Tips
We are launching our new website right now, and as you can imagine, the transition from old to new is long, complicated, and filled with “what ifs.” It would be easy to delay the launch until the site was perfect. You and I both know that it will never be “perfect.”...
by Rhonda Scharf | May 9, 2023 | Communication, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions, Positive attitude
Her name was Dee, and she didn’t like me for some reason. I think she was “threatened” by my role in the organization. It made no sense to me, but I felt like she was constantly trying to throw me “under the bus” by pointing out every mistake I made or trying to...
by Rhonda Scharf | Apr 17, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Help Me Rhonda
When Warren left Florida, I packed up all the boxes with all the things we needed and put them all in the front hall so he could easily transfer them to the car to drive home after our winter south. I was traveling for work; he was driving home alone. I gave him...
by Rhonda Scharf | Apr 11, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda
I was chatting with Heather, one of our finalists for the Canadian Administrative Professional of the Year, and she threw out the term BLUF. I smiled, as I hadn’t heard that in many years. BLUF – bottom line up front. How many of you work for professionals that are...
by Rhonda Scharf | Mar 6, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions
It’s 8 pm, and you’re sitting on the couch after a long day at work; the phone rings, and it’s your executive calling, who happens to be traveling. You answer the phone knowing there will be a request for you to take care of … long after the day of work is over. He is...
