by Rhonda Scharf | Feb 17, 2020 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions, Uncategorized
Knock, knock! Who’s there? Interrupting cow. Interrupting cow who—Mojo! (Please pause for this interruption.) I admit I have a nasty habit that is incredibly annoying. Okay, so I have many annoying habits. But I’ll just talk about one here: I cut people off when...
by Rhonda Scharf | Feb 10, 2020 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Uncategorized
There has been a lot of press and fear over the Coronavirus. Naturally, that has created an uptick in employees calling in sick. I’m guessing that for most of us, catching the Coronavirus at work isn’t an issue. However, a cold or flu is a possibility....
by Rhonda Scharf | Feb 3, 2020 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Uncategorized
Mr. Donnelly was the type of boss who believed that no one ever deserved perfect marks on their performance review. He felt that if he scored you 5 out of 5, you would have nothing to strive for. I felt that if I worked as hard as I possibly could and still couldn’t...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jan 28, 2020 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions, Uncategorized
I remember when I was hired as an EA to a Senior VP back in 1986. I felt like such a fraud. I was woefully underqualified, but fortunately, I knew my VP from working with him in the past, and I had a good reputation. Every second Friday, someone for HR would deliver...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jun 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Below is a light transcript of this video. Grammar may not be perfect. Content is though! We have all had challenging situations in life where we have received the advice to “take the high road.” We intuitively know that we should, we don’t intuitively know how to...
by Rhonda Scharf | May 27, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Uncategorized
“Did you hear the latest about Rhonda? Last week she….” And so it goes. Typical office conversation. Gossip. It happens in every workplace and in every family. For some reason, we just love to talk about others. Perhaps it makes us feel better about ourselves, and...
