by Rhonda Scharf | Apr 29, 2024 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Self Care, Tips
What does the future of work hold for you? What skills will you need, and what skills will become redundant? Whether I’m giving my keynote address for “Alexa is Stealing Your Job—The Future of Work” or discussing future skills, the one thing that is...
by Rhonda Scharf | Apr 22, 2024 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Self Care, Tips
I have a (former) friend with whom I refuse to go to dinner anymore. She returns the food to the kitchen 100 percent of the time. She doesn’t like her hairdresser, complains about how she is treated in hotels, and is a nightmare to work with. She is constantly...
by Rhonda Scharf | Apr 12, 2024 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Self Care, Tips
You’ve got a colleague who deliberately leaves you off the email discussion, doesn’t invite you to meetings, openly seems hostile to you, and you are pretty sure they are talking smack behind your back to others. You know they not only don’t like...
by Rhonda Scharf | Apr 8, 2024 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Self Care, Tips
The date has been on your calendar for a week, and you’ve been waking up in the middle of the night wondering what you will put on this year’s performance development plan that will make sense and motivate you. The dreaded review is due, and you’re...
by Rhonda Scharf | Apr 1, 2024 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Self Care, Tips
I’m sitting at my desk, working through emails and following up on people for what feels like the umpteenth time. Everyone is busy. I get it. However, far too many people are busy being busy! Here are my Top 10 Time Wasters at Work. Let’s create a global movement to...
by Rhonda Scharf | Mar 22, 2024 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Self Care, Tips
His name was Mr. Donnelly, and when I first started working, right out of college, as a receptionist in his real estate office, he watched everything I did closely. I would come into the office in the morning to find that he had little notes for me everywhere as he...
