Dealing with Difficult People for Admins

Rhonda Scharf

Wednesday,
December 10,2025
Time:
1:00 PM EST
Duration:
60 Minutes
Event Type :
Recorded Webinar
Overview :

Difficult people can turn a rewarding career into a daily struggle. As an administrative professional, you're not only managing high-level tasks and juggling multiple priorities, you’re often expected to mediate conflicts and smooth over tension with clients, executives, and colleagues alike. This high-pressure responsibility requires more than patience; it demands confidence, control, and a strategic approach to communication.

This interactive online workshop is tailored specifically for administrative professionals who are tired of being caught in the middle. You'll learn practical, real-world communication and confrontation skills that empower you to keep your cool, set and defend healthy boundaries, and maintain your professionalism, even when others around you don’t. Whether it’s a demanding boss, a pushy coworker, or a rude client, you’ll walk away with tools that let you respond instead of react - with confidence, clarity, and composure.

Why Should You Attend?

  • Learn 5 proven strategies to communicate effectively with difficult people across phone, email, virtual meetings, and in-person conversations - keeping interactions professional and productive.
  • Gain specific techniques to defuse angry, upset, or disrespectful individuals while maintaining your composure and professional reputation.
  • Discover conflict management strategies designed specifically for administrative roles, helping you avoid being the office “referee” and reclaim your time and boundaries.
  • Master what to say, how to say it, and when to speak up — with scripts and phrasing that let you be assertive without being aggressive.
  • Build your emotional resilience with techniques to stay calm under pressure, avoid shutting down or overreacting, and preserve your confidence.
  • Learn how to confront manipulative or unfair behavior head-on — without guilt, fear, or sacrificing your professionalism.
  • Walk away with lasting control, confidence, and composure, no matter how emotionally charged the situation may be.

This webinar is a game-changer for any admin professional who wants to protect their peace, elevate their communication skills, and stop being steamrolled by difficult people. It's time to take back control, with confidence and professionalism.

Who Should Attend?

  • Administrative Assistants
  • Executive Assistants
  • Office Managers
  • Administrative Coordinators
  • Receptionists & Front Desk Professionals
  • Executive Support Staff
  • Virtual Assistants
  • HR Assistants & Workplace Support Roles
  • Customer Service & Client-Facing Admin Staff
  • Anyone responsible for handling difficult people, communication challenges, or high-pressure office interactions

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Instructor:

Rhonda Scharf CSP, HoF Insightful humorous entertaining even contagious words that are often used to describe Rhonda Scharf. A speaker with the uncanny ability to look at the normal and see something quite different. Rhonda is a Professional Speaker and member of the Canadian Speaking Hall of Fame, Trainer, and Author, based in Ottawa. She has spoken to tens of thousands of people in dozens of different countries.

Rhonda will share some things she has learned to help you excel in your work environment, emerging at the end of the day with a smile and a sense of accomplishment. Audiences far and wide sing her praises for her relevant and useful tips on administration, communication, and workplace effectiveness! From efficiency to the future of work; Rhonda has the info to help you thrive! She knows how to make you laugh and she knows how to get you to question why you do what you do. Her natural warmth and sincerity are balanced by a healthy sense of the absurd, a combination that is useful in any situation. Rhonda has written eight books, with her latest “Alexa is Stealing her Job” and her best-seller “Common Sense is NOT Common Practice” still available.