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 | Mar 12, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda, Management, Office Solutions
No one likes a creep, and scope creep is the same thing. We don’t like it! According to PMI’s The Pulse of the Profession 2018, 52% of all projects face scope creep in one way or another. We hear about it and understand how normal it is, but we want...
by Rhonda Scharf | Feb 20, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions
Are you struggling to keep up with the demands of your job? Do you wake up in the middle of the night thinking about everything you must do? In today’s fast-paced work environment, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer volume of tasks and...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jan 9, 2023 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda
Meetings bogged down with routine items? Consider a “consent agenda” If your Board wants to save time and streamline its meetings, consider using a “consent agenda.” A consent agenda is a group of routine discussion points wrapped into one single agenda item. Roberts...
by Rhonda Scharf | Oct 10, 2022 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda
Your executive text you to say they are stuck in traffic on the way to the airport and will miss their flight. You immediately jump into action and jump online to see what other flight options are available. Even though your airline page is loading instantly, you are...