by Rhonda Scharf | Jul 29, 2015 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Management, Office Solutions
I’ve recently met several sports celebrities at different events (mostly golf tournaments) that I’ve been attending. What I’ve been noting is the level of anxiety that people feel when they think about approaching a celebrity. My friend Scott really wanted to meet...
by Rhonda Scharf | May 25, 2015 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Help Me Rhonda, Management
I’ve been promoted to Office Manager. I’m pretty happy about that as it was a promotion I worked very hard to get. The problem is that now I’m the supervisor of a group of people that I used to be “one of them.” Now I’m not. One of my first hurdles is breaking the...
by Rhonda Scharf | Apr 29, 2015 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Management
It’s great to work with someone who makes you feel important. Someone who remembers your name, and maybe that you have a dog named Brownie or that you recently took a vacation to Florida. When you work with someone like that, the time seems to fly and you look forward...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jan 27, 2015 | Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions, Uncategorized
Remember the game, Telephone, that we played as kids? One person would whisper a message to the person beside them, and they would whisper it along to the person beside them. When the message reached the end of the line and the last person shared aloud what the...
by Rhonda Scharf | Dec 18, 2014 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions
Do you make it seem as though anyone could do your job and do it well? If so, you’re doing yourself, your job, and your reputation a disservice. My husband, Warren, is joining ON THE RIGHT TRACK full-time this month. We’ve known for quite a while that he would finish...
by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 11, 2014 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda
According to a recent survey, 91 per cent of millennials (born between 1977 and 1997) expect to stay in any given job for less than three years. For the more mature workers (born prior to 1977), the average is still just a little over four years. That means these...
