by Rhonda Scharf | Dec 27, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management
My New Year’s Resolution is to stop being so busy. It seems that “busy” is a competition for everyone today. “How are you today?” “I’m really busy. You?” “Beyond busy.” I don’t want to be busy. Busy isn’t good. Busy is panic, lots of movement, but not big on results....
by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 4, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda
I remember when my son, Christopher, worked at a golf course as a teenager. His shift started at 4:00 p.m. when I drove him to work, he was in a complete state of panic if he wasn’t at the golf course by 3:50. He was so worried that he will be fired because he was...
by Rhonda Scharf | Oct 21, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Management
I’m currently reading a book about golfer Tiger Woods. Warren and I are big golf fans, and I would love to see Tiger play one day. I’ve found myself bothered by his father, Earl Woods, in this book. To begin, it is an unauthorized biography. It does not paint a pretty...
by Rhonda Scharf | Oct 11, 2019 | Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda
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 | Oct 4, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda
Take the Ergonomic Challenge with Me Recently, I spent nearly an entire day sitting at my desk, working. By 5 p.m., when I called it quits, my shoulders and neck hurt, my eyes were tired—I was ready for bed. I did all kinds of things that day that I knew weren’t good...
