by Rhonda Scharf | Jan 3, 2022 | Ask Rhonda, Communication, Help Me Rhonda
Warren and I are enjoying the series Superstore on Netflix. It is a good escape at the end of the day. One of the characters has a relationship with another character and hasn’t told anyone yet. Mateo really wants to tell everyone that he is dating Jeff, but...
by Rhonda Scharf | Dec 13, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Help Me Rhonda, Office Solutions
I remember my “first” office Christmas party. I was 19 years old; I was the receptionist in my first full-time job, and I had been on the job less than six months, and just two months previous, I became legally able to drink alcohol. My 19-year-old self had...
by Rhonda Scharf | Jun 14, 2021 | Ask Rhonda, Efficiency, Help Me Rhonda
There are lots of reasons not to delegate; it’s just easier to do yourself, you can do it better, you can do it faster, or (the classic) it takes longer to explain it than to do it yourself. And, ultimately, people assume that because you don’t have...
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...
