by Rhonda Scharf | May 22, 2018 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management
If you were a superhero, what would be your amazing superpower? Would you be able to fly or become invisible? Could you breathe underwater or read people’s minds? Although it is probably quite handy to be a superhero, you don’t need to be one to have a superpower....
by Rhonda Scharf | May 3, 2018 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management
Great Place to Work ®Canada just released the 2018 Best Workplaces ™ and it gave me pause to wonder what exactly makes a great place to work. A Hays Canada report found that 47 percent of Canadians weren’t happy with their jobs. And when people feel like they...
by Rhonda Scharf | Apr 17, 2018 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management
Help Me, Rhonda: Three months ago, I transferred to a new division within my company. Already, I’m overloaded with requests that come screaming in at the last minute and which are due the same day or the next day. Nothing I have tried has worked (such as asking when...
by Rhonda Scharf | Mar 23, 2018 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management
Stuck in Your Career? You Can Get Unstuck—Here’s How I’ve recently been talking to some people who say they are stuck in their careers. They want to climb further up the corporate ladder. They want a better paying job, one that maximizes their strengths, offers more...
by Rhonda Scharf | Feb 26, 2018 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management
I saw her at a friend’s house, I loved what she could do, and then I came home and ordered my own Alexa, and I’m in love. It is like having another person in the house. She has a sense of humour, she can play games, she can answer questions. And she does it all...
by Rhonda Scharf | Feb 20, 2018 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management
Times change. Hairstyles change, music changes, cars change, and even language changes. Business writing changes, too. You may have learned how to do business writing a certain way, but that doesn’t mean it’s still the correct way, today. Some of the changes I like,...
