by Rhonda Scharf | May 23, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Tips
The average person receives more than 100 business emails per day (financesonline.com), and that doesn’t include spam! How much of your day is spent chasing people who don’t respond to your email in the first place? Do you regularly complain that people just don’t...
by Rhonda Scharf | May 15, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Tips
We are launching our new website right now, and as you can imagine, the transition from old to new is long, complicated, and filled with “what ifs.” It would be easy to delay the launch until the site was perfect. You and I both know that it will never be “perfect.”...
by Rhonda Scharf | May 9, 2023 | Communication, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions, Positive attitude
Her name was Dee, and she didn’t like me for some reason. I think she was “threatened” by my role in the organization. It made no sense to me, but I felt like she was constantly trying to throw me “under the bus” by pointing out every mistake I made or trying to...
by Rhonda Scharf | Mar 12, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions
No one likes a creep, and scope creep is the same thing. We don’t like it! According to PMI’s The Pulse of the Profession 2018, 52% of all projects face scope creep in one way or another. We hear about it and understand how normal it is, but we want...
by Rhonda Scharf | Mar 6, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions
It’s 8 pm, and you’re sitting on the couch after a long day at work; the phone rings, and it’s your executive calling, who happens to be traveling. You answer the phone knowing there will be a request for you to take care of … long after the day of work is over. He is...
by Rhonda Scharf | Feb 27, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions
Are you feeling invisible at work? Do you feel like your hard work is going unnoticed? You’re not alone if you’re looking for ways to make yourself more visible and get the recognition you deserve. We are again at the 2023 Canadian Administrative...