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Category Archives: The Apprentice
English proud of Stella
Stella English was an unsurprising winner for BBC’s Apprentice 2010. She has been exceptionally good from the moment she won the task for the boys in episode 2. This was the best series of The Apprentice I have seen. It … Continue reading
Posted in Brand, Finding success in business, Leadership qualities, Management v leadership, Managing people, Recruitment, Success, Teamwork, The Apprentice, TV reviews
Tagged #apprentice, #BBCapprentice, BBC TV, How to be an entrepreneur, How to succeed at a job interview, Leadership, Lord Sugar, Stella English, Stella wins, Teamwork
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Stuart gets the sack
What a bizarre, and ultimately swift exit! Stuart Baggs, “the Brand” gets short shrift from Lord Sugar in the semi-final of 2010 Apprentice. But the odd thing is, we have had weeks and (seemingly endless) weeks of Stuart’s assent, culminating … Continue reading
Baggs, I vote for Stuart?
The Apprentice Episode 10 Lord Sugar stretches our credulity to the limit by firing the incredible Liz. What was he thinking of? Worse still, Stuart Baggs (The Brand) somehow escapes through the flames of the Boardroom firing process. How can this … Continue reading
Posted in Saint or villain, The Apprentice, TV reviews
Tagged #apprentice, bbctheapprentice, Business, Liz Locke gets fired, Lord Sugar, Stuart Baggs, TV reviews
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Laura learns her lesson
For the Apprentice 2011 click here: Vincent van Cloche; There’s no accounting for Edward Gracious in defeat, Laura Moore explains just how valuable she found being on The Apprentice on the pithy follow-up show. At 22 she made less of … Continue reading
Are the Apprentice girls growing up?
Last night’s episode had a really good task: to buy at best price, ten obscure items. Problem was, no-one knew how to find out. Remember the Yellow Pages before the days of the internet? Well, it’s fair to say both teams … Continue reading
What did Sandeesh do wrong?
In episode 7 of BBC’s Apprentice Sandeesh Samra was well-matched against Stuart Baggs, but for completely different reasons. Whilst Stuart’s management style was appalling from the outset of the task he led, poor Sandeesh just could not plan. Her efforts kicked off with an … Continue reading
Alex Epstein: was it unfair dismissal?
In BBC’s Apprentice I’m beginning to miss Alex! Did we get the decision wrong to let him go? If business is about teamwork, would we have Alex on our team? Would you trust him? Yes, I think I might. Is … Continue reading
Apprentice Alex: “it’s a total mess”!
This week’s task on BBC’s Apprentice was about advertising a cleaning product. The losing team picked “Germ-o-nator” as a brand. It didn’t exactly clean up. Both teams were very poor, but somehow we’ve been there before with this task. And … Continue reading
