by Rhonda Scharf | Dec 16, 2024 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Self Care, Tips
A funny commercial for Progressive Insurance on American television satirizes Millennials who are afraid of becoming like their parents. It makes me laugh every time, but I realize I’m not becoming my parents, I’m becoming like my grandparents! I know...
by Rhonda Scharf | Dec 10, 2024 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Self Care, Tips
The final page of the calendar is up, and the days are being crossed off as we race for the finish line of 2024. If you’re like me, things slow down after the middle of the month. They don’t stop; I still have lots to do, but the meetings and deadlines...
by Rhonda Scharf | Dec 2, 2024 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Self Care, Tips
Most of us feel like a 12-year-old on our first day of high school when we encounter new situations at work. We want to do well, we don’t want to embarrass ourselves, and we want to feel like we belong with others. Our nerves get the better of us and talk us out of...
by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 21, 2024 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Self Care, Tips
Some days, my ability to focus is like a laser, and it doesn’t matter what is happening around me. On other days, I am so unfocused I should fire myself for being so unproductive. According to Workforce Analytics, 92% of employers cite lost focus as the number...
by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 18, 2024 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Self Care, Tips
Last week, I sat at my desk and stared blankly at my screen, feeling a familiar sensation creeping in—an exhaustion beyond the physical. The endless stream of emails, urgent messages, and back-to-back meetings blurred into one another. Each task felt heavier than the...
by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 11, 2024 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions, Positive attitude, Self Care, Tips
I love playing games in my workshops. They get everyone engaged and thinking differently; when you are having fun, you naturally learn and remember. One of the games I play in some workshops is 20 Questions. The goal is to learn to ask good questions to be successful...
