by Rhonda Scharf | Jul 20, 2018 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda
Many of us have aspirations of being the best professional we can be. We belong to this profession because we know we have more to give, can do more, and want to give it our all. We aren’t complacent. We don’t want to watch the world go by; we want to jump...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jun 20, 2018 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management
In 1964 The Beatles had four albums in the top 100, including the unprecedented top two slots. They had a formula, and they repeated that formula over and over again. Their magic formula was simple, and it was more or less the same formula that all the top bands in...
by Rhonda Scharf | May 22, 2018 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management
If you were a superhero, what would be your amazing superpower? Would you be able to fly or become invisible? Could you breathe underwater or read people’s minds? Although it is probably quite handy to be a superhero, you don’t need to be one to have a superpower....
by Rhonda Scharf | May 3, 2018 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management
Great Place to Work ®Canada just released the 2018 Best Workplaces ™ and it gave me pause to wonder what exactly makes a great place to work. A Hays Canada report found that 47 percent of Canadians weren’t happy with their jobs. And when people feel like they...
by Rhonda Scharf | Apr 17, 2018 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management
Help Me, Rhonda: Three months ago, I transferred to a new division within my company. Already, I’m overloaded with requests that come screaming in at the last minute and which are due the same day or the next day. Nothing I have tried has worked (such as asking when...
