by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 18, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management
Minute-taking is often an admin’s least favorite task. I’ve heard from more than one person that they want to call in sick on the days they have meetings that require minutes. It appears that so many admins hate taking minutes because they don’t have a good...
by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 11, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management
Close your eyes and walk into your office or cubicle. When you open your eyes, look at your desk as if it doesn’t belong to you. Now describe the person who owns this desk. Do they seem professional and competent, or frazzled and disorganized? Now remember that this...
by Rhonda Scharf | Oct 28, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda
Help Me Rhonda, I work in an office where it thrives on gossip. Everyone spends all day talking about others. Recently I’ve become the subject of the gossip, and don’t know what to do to make it stop! Signed, Don’t Talk About Me Dear Don’t Talk About Me, Gossip. It...
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...
