by Rhonda Scharf | Jun 24, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management
Do you give effective feedback or negative criticism? Face it; no one likes criticism. Even when it is delivered in the kindest way possible, we don’t like it. And sometimes, feedback feels like criticism. It is crucial that before you ever give any criticism if you...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jun 4, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda
There may come a time in your life and with the people in your life when you realize something has to change. Maybe it’s your job, perhaps it’s your sister-in-law, maybe it’s the upstairs neighbour in your condo. But if you keep going along the path you are...
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...
by Rhonda Scharf | Apr 18, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management
Does it matter what other people at work think about you? In 1984, Sally Field won the Best Actress Oscar and during her acceptance speech, she famously cried out, “You like me! Right now, you like me!” It sounded so childish and innocent. Later, of course, she was...
by Rhonda Scharf | Apr 8, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management
Remember the game, Telephone, that we played as kids? One person would whisper a message to the person beside them, and they would whisper it along to the person beside them. When the message reached the end of the line and the last person shared aloud what the...
