by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 13, 2026 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Strategic Thinking, Tactical Thinking, Tips
Today started like virtually every other day. I had my to-do list, my agenda, and my plan for the day. I knew it was busy, and I knew things would move around, but as the day ended, I realized I hadn’t done the things on my list I wanted to get done. I started...
by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 7, 2026 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Strategic Thinking, Tactical Thinking, Tips
Imagine this: You have spent the morning rearranging meetings, tracking down missing information, and making someone else’s impossible deadline possible. Then an email arrives from your executive: “I need you to fix this. We’ve already discussed it.” You likely feel...
by Rhonda Scharf | Oct 30, 2026 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Strategic Thinking, Tactical Thinking, Tips
After my recent article, “Do You Really Want That Top Admin Job?” I received a couple of emails that raised another side of the conversation. These readers already had the impressive title. What they didn’t have was enough work that used their skills and experience....
by Rhonda Scharf | Oct 26, 2026 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Strategic Thinking, Tactical Thinking, Tips
Have you ever been in a room full of administrative professionals and suddenly felt that your own job needed an apology? Someone supports a CEO, someone else works with the mayor, the person beside you is a chief of staff, and you find yourself introducing your role...
by Rhonda Scharf | Oct 15, 2026 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Strategic Thinking, Tactical Thinking, Tips
You may love it, or you may hate it, but clock-changing season is approaching, which means many of us will gain an hour, lose track of which clocks we have changed, and spend several days wondering why we are hungry at the wrong time. My computer usually handles the...
by Rhonda Scharf | Oct 13, 2026 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Strategic Thinking, Tactical Thinking, Tips
Recently, while preparing marketing for an upcoming workshop, I caught a small typo at the last minute. I had used the wrong dates. I’m human; I make mistakes, and I was thankful I caught it before the marketing materials launched. But imagine if I hadn’t caught it in...
