by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 18, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management
Minute-taking is often an admin’s least favorite task. I’ve heard from more than one person that they want to call in sick on the days they have meetings that require minutes. It appears that so many admins hate taking minutes because they don’t have a good...
by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 11, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management
Close your eyes and walk into your office or cubicle. When you open your eyes, look at your desk as if it doesn’t belong to you. Now describe the person who owns this desk. Do they seem professional and competent, or frazzled and disorganized? Now remember that this...
by Rhonda Scharf | Oct 21, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Management
I’m currently reading a book about golfer Tiger Woods. Warren and I are big golf fans, and I would love to see Tiger play one day. I’ve found myself bothered by his father, Earl Woods, in this book. To begin, it is an unauthorized biography. It does not paint a pretty...
by Rhonda Scharf | Sep 27, 2019 | Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions
How to Write To-Do Lists Have you ever written a to-do list on Monday, found it again on Friday… and it was still completely intact? Frustrating, isn’t it? We know that we’re supposed to use a to-do list, but most of us aren’t doing it properly. Here are some tips to...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jul 26, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions
Taking Minutes: Less is More Minute-taking is often an admin’s least favorite task. I’ve heard from more than one person that they want to call in sick on the days they have meetings that require minutes. It appears that so many admins hate taking minutes because they...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jun 24, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management
Do you give effective feedback or negative criticism? Face it; no one likes criticism. Even when it is delivered in the kindest way possible, we don’t like it. And sometimes, feedback feels like criticism. It is crucial that before you ever give any criticism if you...
