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VIP strategy is to maximise resources Authors book helps employers By CHERYL MOODEB Herald Staff Executives managers and super visors battered by the winds of change within the corporate struc ture have been searching for a way to bridge the gap between knowing what the problems are and doing something to sol them I Strategy The book coauthored by Jim Clemmer and Art McNeil brings together what other companies are doing effectively and provides a blueprint to help struggling com find a direction Mr Clemmer a Georgetown real dent will be at the BIG Celebration in the Oxbow Books display signing copies of his book Saturday at 11 a m and Sunday at m Suggestions and ideas dealt with in the book are based mainly on the work the pair have done with their own company in their company The Achieve Group Inc Mr Clemmer says we Mr McNeil and Mr Clemmer have been at both ends of the scale working as employees and as managers for ineffective com Originating in Edmonton in 197B The Achieve Group which has become the Canadian leader In the field of leadership and organisation effectiveness has grown to seven of fices spread throughout cities such as Halifax Ottawa Mlssissauga and Edmonton across the country Chapters in the book outline the most common problems faced In companies and lay out skills needed in leadership You learn the management side of business in school Mr Clemmer said And roost businesses keep abreast with technology but the leadership area just gets lip service le are hat Mr Clemmer said Compan be experts in technology but lheyi not paying attention to people More managers are learning that employees are not prepared to be a pair of hired hands the author said They want Involvement par ticipation and to be treated with respect Many managers just see employees as assets wrapped in The crunch comes in the area of customer service Todays customers expect to be treated with respect and expect a lot more Mr Clemmer said You can get employees to do the job but to get an employee to be enthusiastic and do more than his Job you have to treat him with respect The VIP Strategy has chapters dealing with topics such as problem solving and how to listen and deal with the problem at hand rather than raising the defences of the other person or personally attacking them There is also a section dealing SECTION HERALD Wednesday June I IMS- Pace I the HERALD Entertainment Exciting exhibition planned for gallery featuring impressionist A UNIQUE FACILITY WITH ADEQUATE PARKING 700 pm A Curt 7NITES90 DABBER INFORMATION LINE 8730666 JACKPOT rum 350000 PRIZE BOARD GEORGETOWN CINEMAS 235 GUELPH STREET I DundeeH Starts Today at 7008915pm Sat Matinees at 2pm SORRY NO PASSES OH COUPONS RAMB0 III Now Playing 00 9 5 Sat a Sun matinees at 2 p m SORRY H NO PASSES Are Hen It Heist it SMUelta awiiiiiiniMsit CINEMA 3 LAST DAYS Starts a m Sat a Sun Matinees at 2 m Void 79 Main St S 3388 The finest dining every Thursday and Friday in Served 00 200 pm ONLY INCLUPINOTAX ENTERTAINING THIS WEEK ISOs Rock Moll Thursday Friday Saturday I ANNUAL GOLF TOURNEY SUNDAY JUNE 5th Details available at the Bat All proceeds donated to Chronic Skin Disease Georgetown resident Jim coauthored the book The VIP Strategy Leadership Skills for Exceptional Performance which with values and culture which gets Into the Issue of hiring When you hove the right ex Mr Clemmer sold you look at If their personal values fit the valuesof the organization When Mr Clemmer sat down in August 1933 to start work on the book which was released early in May he figured it would take him nine months writing nights and on weekends to sec the book published In reality it took him 1B00 hours ami twoand a half years of research and writing time before seeing the project completed At the moment it is too early to tell how well the book will sell but so far the response has been super Mr Clemmer said After two- and- a half years of writing this thing you are so close to it and figure everything said in the book is old news by now the Georgetown resident said He sat biting his nails walling to hear If peo ple would say the book is garbage or The coauthor Is delighted with the responses that have come In about the book Born and raised on a farm In provides blueprint or struggling to direction Herald photo Milverton Mr had no Idea he would write a book even though for the past five years he has written numerous business articles which hove been published in magazines After reading an article written by Mr Clemmer In public school his Grade teacher told him she would not be surprised if one day he wrote a book The thought stuck in my mind he said and when he finished the book he took a copy of his public school teacher It was very rewarding how excited and proud she was He said The teacher was crying Mr Clemmer and his wife Heather who have three children moved to Georgetown in the sum mer of IS82 A colorful collection of Impres sionist paintings by Toronto artist Barbara Howard will hang in the LibraryCultural Centre gallery in Georgetown this summer The exhibition of a wide variety of work by this major Canadian artist promises to be one of the highlights of the year for the Increasingly popular local gallery On view for a period of six weeks June to Aug on Opening Gala Is by the Friends of the Hal ton ills Libraries The public is Invited to meet the artist and other special invited guests Tickets for the opening are available at the Public Libraries in both Acton and Georgetown The Howard collection will Include everything from the artists brilliant large impressionist landscapes and seascapes to drawings and tiny wood carvings representing a major por lion of her Interests and work- over Urn past number of yean John of The Gallery House Sol and a member of The Friends committee who will mount the collection says he believe local art patrons will be thrilled with the beautiful and varied work chosen for The Friends fourth summer foremost artists in the country says Mr Sommer We are thrilled she will be exhibiting here in I am hopeful that many local people will take advantage of the opportuni ty to see her unique work while it is on display locally during regular gallery summer operating hours Tuesday through Saturday until Aug Pick- your own reports set to begin on June 9 The Ontario Ministry Agriculture and Poods Farm Market News Service will begin a new season of radio reports prepared by Bob Cobbledlck a farm marketing specialist The reports will start June and will be available every Thursday until the end of the grow ing season In midOctober report lets people know when a crop is ready for picking a in Cobbledlck says One of the big gest advantages of picking your own fruits and vegetables is the price of produce about half the retail price About farms are par ticipating this year from London to Port Hope and north to Georgian Bay with more than different fruit and vegetable crops to pick To bear a weekly report after June listen to your local radio station or call lie Hogan manages to save Dundee By Herald Special Paul the Australian actor and ad man par excellence is back Hogan Is alive and well and has spent too much time in New York CI ly Corcodile II is a of plot and setting moving from Col ombia to NYC to Australia in a chose between good buys and bad between Dundee and drug smugglers The freshness of the original movie Is lost in this all too familiar plot Really Mr Americans make enough of their own cops and doperunner films there is no point In an Australian Import trying to beat them at their own game Put ting this plot rerun aside the movie is generally funny and pleasant It is but does it have to be that easy Come on Mick give the lads a at least Paul Hogan Is certainly the only reason to see these movies He is a it born farmer and one cant help ilk- THE CLUB OF GEORGETOWNS ANNUAL LOBSTERFEST Friday June 3 1988 Georgetown High School Cafeteria 3500 per parson Proceeds to local charities and dancing to Sonic Tickets Tickets can be purchased from any Klwanla Club Member or The denture Therapy Clinic on Church St Halton Hills Herald 45 St or Macs Milk on Mountalnvlew Rd 8779741 HURRY TICKETS WONT LAST LONG FOP THIS POPULAR EVENT CLUB OF GEORGETOWN a minor one Mick Dundee is living with his girlfriend Sue Charlton the reporter from the first film Her ex- boyfriend takes some very in criminating photos down in Colom bia S A and sends them to her before he is killed His murderer kid naps Sue in and Mick rescues her However the bad guys are still on the loose and Mick and Sue run off to Australia back to Walkabout Creek where they first met There they are tracked by kingpin Luis Rico until Dundee defeats them one by one with one arm tied behind his back Superman watch out theres competition down under As you can see the plot from every other movie that comes out of Hollywood Surely Hogan could have come up with a more original idea Because of this predictable premise the film tends to drag a little until the groups arrive in Australia At least that territory Is not so well The drug smugglers ore latinos an evergrowing stereotype In movies and on television Bad nough that men are por ing him However I never lust my heart for blond men The role is hardly challenging As himself says hes no Laurence Olivier And the plugs for Fosters Lager are numerous Talk about American corruption could teach Madison Avenue a thing or two The forgettable Linda Is the forgettable Sue Charlton the girlfriend She did not make much of an impression on me in the first film and she continues to be a thoroughly negligible presence In the sequel I hope didnt pay her too much All in all Dundee Is okay You wont feel cheated paying money to see It but you have to like Paul a lot Besides the theatre is airconditioned and were in for a heatwave this week Strawberry festival offers wide range of entertainment The first annual Huttonville Strawberry Festival promises to be a berry good time and why not Everybody loves strawberries and the Huttonville Strawberry Growers Association has got them fresh plump delicious mouth watering strawberries by the bushel full The festival is scheduled for Satur day June 18 at the Public School situated in the beautiful rural area west of Bramp ton Festivities get under way with a pancake breakfast from am and the official opening ceremonies 30am There will be something for everyone Including food and craft booths set up from to p m and games and entertainment for all ages Evening entertainment win provided by the likes of Marie Bot John Boyko and by the I ell Al Cherny the Orchard Pickers Band Local entertainment will feature Frank Bean and the Beancry Brampton Jan Combo River Road Janice Sterrltt and Bonnie Neely and many others Another highlight of the day will be a beef and chicken barbecue toBpm Admission to the grounds has been set at for adults SO cents for children and maximum for families Tickets for the barbecue are available at Paint and Wallpaper Brampton Ballinafad Market Ballinafad Butts Farm For more Information on these events call Nigel Eves at or John Hut ton at or Proudly Presents BOBBY HACHEY Canadas Top Country Vocalist AND ANDRE PROULX North Americas Hottest Fiddler JUNE 10th TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY TICKETS each may be purchased in at the Hollywood Tavern or call to reserve your tickets