by Rhonda Scharf | Sep 28, 2020 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda
BY BONNIE LOW-KRAMEN ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2020COVER STORY Bonnie Low Kramen and Jeremy Spake discuss compensation and the hard truths about how HR decides how much to pay you Opening Notes from Bonnie The title of this article has been a burning question for me for...
by Rhonda Scharf | Feb 3, 2020 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Uncategorized
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 | Dec 17, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda
We do some of the silliest things while at work. We get comfortable with our co-workers, and we start considering our workspace an extension of our home. When that happens, we often cross that invisible line between professional and personal. When we work in close...
by Rhonda Scharf | Dec 9, 2019 | Communication, Goal Setting, Help Me Rhonda, Management
At an executive leadership conference recently, the speaker asked the audience a really great question: “What do you wish your boss knew about you?” The audience became instantly engaged with the question, and it put me on a quest to ask the same of other admins. My...
by Rhonda Scharf | Nov 29, 2019 | Ask Rhonda, Communication
I was in the airport recently (along with thirty-five of my new best friends) waiting for a maintenance delay to be over so we could all get to where we wanted to go. One gentleman in particular was not happy to hear that yet another delay had been posted for our...