One never knows the challenges they will face until they come along. Last week with all the confusion related to air travel I had to make a decision to support some friends in their travel arrangements. The two key issues were one friend was in Ireland trying to get to Romania for his [...]
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Selection of Poetry composed by Mel Clifford. Additional poems kindly provided with the permission of the authors. Coming Soon: Never Lose the Child Within - Your World of Business. 
What you create in your life will either support you or hinder you in what you want to achieve. Like the culture you create and support within your organisation, it can make the Company great or destroy it – everyone has a part to play including you. Why do we lose the child within us when we enter the world of Business? |
On The Road Again With the Icelandic Volcanic Ash stopping nearly all air travel over Europe in the past week like many others I was involved and having to travel over land. Therefore I had little access to Internet and could not post until now. Only getting back home yesterday (Saturday) I will [...] Travelling Through Europe Back to land and sea travel, maybe this will make us all think a little more. A lot of stories coming through are how people are helping each other and supporting each other more during this time of flight restrictions over Europe. Maybe all this rushing around at Airports will [...] Be Creative in your Selection- Shackleton Most organisations when they need to recruit employees select the wrong individuals or panels to conduct the interviews. If your organisation really values its people it would involve more of its employees in the selection process for new recruits. I am sure you have heard of the [...] Man in the middle I have started following the British elections purely on the fact that some weeks ago a guy named Nick Clegg mentioned “what we need around here is honesty in politics”, I thought what a contradiction. So I watched the debate on Thursday evening between Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg and [...] Getting it Right Interviews for a new job/position can be a very positive experience and learning opportunity for both the interviewee and interviewer, if you prepare correctly. It is amazing how many individuals fail to prepare properly, even the basics. I have seen candidates not knowing what they have written in their Curriculum [...] Waste of Time Do you manage your time? A topic that I will keep coming back too, while reading Jim Estill author of CEO Blog-Time Leadership http://www.jimestill.com/ the other day it reminded me to write another blog on my personal experience of time management. Have you ever gone on Time Management (TM) [...] Open a door for your dreams Do you dream? Do you listen to your dreams? I know I don’t listen half enough or pay enough attention to my dreams. Why, because I busy myself with activities and daily nonsense that just gets in my way. I know what I should do but often [...] |
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What would you do?
Drunk and Incapable
A young man on the street the other day asked me for 50 cents, the smallest I had in change was a two euro coin, so I gave it to him. He responded by saying “I only asked you for 50 cents” typical Dublin wit. So I had to explain [...]