by Rhonda Scharf | Apr 2, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda
I can smell the spring in the air. While I still see snow in my yard, the days are getting longer, the birds are louder, the trees are waking up, and I can smell that winter is finally ending. At this time of year, the annual “spring cleaning” bug...
by Rhonda Scharf | Aug 8, 2022 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions
I like organization. My closet is color-coded, my underwear is sorted and folded, and my socks are paired and put into a sock drawer. I use folders in Outlook, have a pen caddy, and clean my desk at night. I wouldn’t describe myself as obsessive...
by Rhonda Scharf | Apr 18, 2022 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions
Some of us have been working at home for over two years. The time has come for many of us to return to the office, even if it is on a flexible schedule. That will require us to have a good hard look at how we’ve been keeping our workspace now that we are...
by Rhonda Scharf | May 10, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda
Why is the sky blue? Why is the sun hot? Why do you have to go to work today? I remember all those two-year-old why questions that my boys regularly asked me. As much as all those questions could be annoying because I didn’t always know the answer, I...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jan 11, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda
More than $37 billion US is spent each year on unproductive meetings. But aren’t meetings designed to be an efficient way for people to discuss ideas, debate issues, overcome obstacles and achieve goals? Then why is so much money being wasted? The answer is that...
