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The Adventures of Doc Higgins
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The tale of Doc Higgins and his time travel invention. How does the famous Doc plan to bring Alistair back from 1965 to his Nora?

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Poetry Just for You
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Selection of Poetry composed by Mel Clifford. Additional poems kindly provided with the permission of the authors.

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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?

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Getting Things Done

When you think it is all sorted think again. Questions that are better asked before you start.

Does the task need to be done at all? Could we have achieved this task in a better way or earlier? Do we have the right people involved? Could we have planned it better?

It is often [...]

The Key to Success is to look after your customers

To remind myself that it is important to continue to develop ones inner child skills, such as, curiosity, fun, honesty and imagination, I went to Canadian Tire and got a new front door key cut, with the image of Mickey Mouse on it.

When I got home and tried my new key in [...]

Should a Top Quality Hotel offer FREE Wireless Access?

 

I am sure your will remember this post in March 2012 http://www.melclifford.com/2012/03/should-a-top-quality-hotel-offer-free-wireless-access/well lets add the Holiday Inn at Heathrow Airport London,  Sipson Road onto the list at £5 an hour -what a rip off when you can get Free WiFi in Starbucks and a great coffee.

Just another rip off of London [...]

Leadership in Conflict

Leaders need to be able to effectively communicate in the height of business or country conflict. Seeking to find the position of the other person first, gaining an understanding of the culture and the willingness to listen. Leaders come to the table with open minds, respect and the commitment to stay with dialogue [...]

Still Waiting since April 2012

My complaint to Safeway made on the 17th  April regarding service at the bakery counter- read their response   - 

Mel Clifford Thank you for your recent correspondence. We appreciate the time you have taken to share your feedback. Your comments will be directed to our Public Affairs Department for further review. Mel, should [...]

Building an in-house MBA Programme – Part 6

Let me address the fifth question from my Part 1 post on the topic of your organisation creating and implementing an in-house MBA Programme for employees.

Question

How does an organisation go about building an MBA and getting the commitment?

Let’s keep this answer simple

The question of commitment can only be [...]

Building an in-house MBA Programme – Part 5

Let me address the fourth question from my Part 1 post on the topic of your organisation creating and implementing an in-house MBA Programme for employees.

Question

Does your organisation have the appropriate commitment and skills to manage and deliver such a programme?

In life we receive our learning through experiences. This learning can [...]

Building an in-house MBA Programme – Part 4

Let me address the third question from my Part 1 post on the topic of your organisation creating and implementing an in-house MBA Programme for employees.

Question

What about a recognised accreditation?

The question is who are you trying to get your MBA programme recognised and accredited by? It must be the students, [...]

Building an in house MBA Programme – Part 3

In-house MBA

Let me address the second question from my Part 1 post on the topic of your organisation creating and implementing an in-house MBA Programme for employees.

Question

What about the added value of the inputs of academic institutes?

Linking with an academic institute would provide added expertise and access to materials [...]