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The Art of Management by Stuart “The Brand” Baggs

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Richard • 0 Comments

If you’ve been watching the latest series of The Apprentice over the past few weeks, you cannot have failed to notice Stuart “The Brand” Baggs – he famously said that everything he touched turned to sold on the first programme of the series. He is notable in being the youngest candidate ever to appear on… Continue Reading

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Apprentice Boardroom 101

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Richard • 2 Comments

If ever you need an example of why boardroom tactics are vital in The Apprentice, tonight we got it. Paloma seemed like such a strong candidate, indeed just last week one of the pundits on You’re Fired was pushing her as a potential winner, this week she blew it all in the boardroom. This weeks… Continue Reading

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Shocking?

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Richard • 0 Comments

With the change in broadcast date, and a busy week last week, I’m only now getting around to sitting down to write about the final of the Apprentice. First off – and nobody is more surprised about this than me – after correctly predicting the final two, I also successfully predicted the winner as well.… Continue Reading

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Interview Technique

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Richard • 0 Comments

It comes up every year in the Apprentice at the interview stage. Every year without fail, the interviewers take up the references, they check out the CV’s, and as Yasmina discovered tonight, if you’ve got your own business they’ll pull a copy of the published company reports and accounts. Perhaps the grilling that Lee McQueen… Continue Reading

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When the Chips are Down

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Richard • 0 Comments

We found out in the opening of the Apprentice tonight that the shopping channel task is a favourite of Sir Alan – certainly I have to agree. The annual trips to Peterborough really do produce some amusing episodes, and often really shake things up. They also produce some surprises, this time being no exception. The… Continue Reading

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