About Me

Jackie Clifford, the Director of Clarity Learning and Development, has been working in the field since 1990.

She has worked in the following sectors and industries:

Sales
Recruitment
Retail
Voluntary sector
Further education
Port industry
Training consultancy
Prison Service
Non-departmental public body

Since 2000 Jackie has co-authored three books, all published by Kogan Page. With a group of trusted and experienced Associates to provide support for organisations in all areas of learning and development, including needs analysis, programme development, business skills training, coaching and strategy development.

Jackie and her Associates are passionate about learning and about helping people to recognise the potential for learning to take place - in the training room, the workplace and beyond. Their experience, skills and knowledge enable her to work with individuals and groups in a facilitative and practical way, helping to define specific learning outcomes and achieve them using approaches that are appropriate to each situation and organisational culture.

Jackie is an Ambassador for Girlguiding UK (the largest youth organisation for girls in the UK, with half a million members aged 4-25 and more than 65,000 adult leaders). She was involved, as the lead volunteer, on a project to review and develop their learning and development strategy - with the ultimate aim of ensuring that all girls receive a quality Guiding experience. This project resulted in a number of publications and activities designed to support adult volunteers on their Guiding Learning Journey.