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...
by Rhonda Scharf | Mar 18, 2024 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Self Care, Tips
Have you ever walked into a meeting, ready to take minutes, to find the person in charge of the meeting has no idea what they are doing? They don’t know how to run a meeting, they don’t know how to make decisions, they don’t know what their role is,...
by Rhonda Scharf | Mar 11, 2024 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Self Care, Tips
My first full-time administrative job was in a real estate office. I was fresh out of college, from a small town, and had never even heard the term “office politics.” I didn’t understand the hierarchy of top salespeople (first come, first served made...
by Rhonda Scharf | Mar 4, 2024 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Self Care, Tips
Something you probably haven’t given much thought to if your vehicle is humming down the road as you expect. This isn’t a story about vehicle maintenance but about management and morale. Have you ever considered how your team is similar to a vehicle? Your...
