by Rhonda Scharf | Oct 12, 2020 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda, Management
Regardless of your title, if you are an administrative professional you are likely also a project manager. As admins, we take care of deadlines, deliverables, people, reports, etc. Those skills happen to be some of the fundamental elements of project management. So,...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jun 8, 2020 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Uncategorized
The past three months have changed how we work. They’ve also changed the way people see us—or don’t see us. [ctt template=”3″ link=”Smld8″ via=”yes” ]The past three months have changed how we work. They’ve also changed the way...
by Rhonda Scharf | Apr 6, 2020 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions
As we are all discovering, working from home is hard. Staying connected, updated, and motivated takes more discipline than many of us thought it would. However, this is not the time to be invisible. Keeping your profile front-and-center is essential. Staying connected...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jan 14, 2020 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions
David died on Monday. He was 35 years old, had a wife, and suffered a massive heart attack. David worked with me at ON THE RIGHT TRACK for over eight years as my virtual assistant, and he is the longest-serving team member here. He was the machine behind the scenes of...
by Rhonda Scharf | Dec 27, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management
My New Year’s Resolution is to stop being so busy. It seems that “busy” is a competition for everyone today. “How are you today?” “I’m really busy. You?” “Beyond busy.” I don’t want to be busy. Busy isn’t good. Busy is panic, lots of movement, but not big on results....
by Rhonda Scharf | Dec 9, 2019 | Communication, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management
At an executive leadership conference recently, the speaker asked the audience a really great question: “What do you wish your boss knew about you?” The audience became instantly engaged with the question, and it put me on a quest to ask the same of other admins. My...
