Now just the final four and if it was my choice it would be straight to the final with James and Stefani – Nicole and Frank are just not in the same league. The final task was a little lame by previous Trump standards and as usual the teams got to call back past contestants to help them out. In the end the results from both teams were okay and… Read More »The Apprentice – Week 13
I thought that I was going to have Trump – The Apprentice withdrawls as the series draws to a close – and this is the final series apparently. But no – I have found a replacement! Gordon Ramsay. If you do not know him, he is a foul mouthed, loud and in your face celebrity chef, who is one of the top UK chefs. I watched his previous program –… Read More »Gordon Ramsay – Kitchen Nightmares
Down to the final 6 and split in to three teams they all had to work on 'selling and marketing' Trumps buildings in Las Vegas. All followed a similar path, but James and Stefani managed to have a complete package by the end – great lesson for personal brand building – you need to have a full picture in order to have the most impact. And boy did those two… Read More »The Apprentice – Week 12
This week started off with Arrow questioning the loyalty of Tim – it became quite heated – you just knew if they lost that his head was going to be on the block. They lost and he almost was saved by James covering his own skin by bringing Frank in to the mix of potential 'firees'. But Tim made the same error as many have done in the boardroom, not… Read More »Apprentice – Week 11
A recent study here in Canada for Workopolis – Canada's number one job board – by NorthStar Research Partners has reported that CEO's/Presidents have the highest level of job satisfaction – I must be extra satisfied given I am President of my own company and a Career counselor which came in 6th! Now Steven Heyer the now former CEO of Starwood Hotels might disagree, having just resigned from his role… Read More »Its Better At The Top
This was all about sales and Arrow won hands down. Kinetic were a little naive to think that Arrow's use of some hard ball tactics was going to backfore on them in the boardroom – this is Trump after all – one of the ultimate hard ball sales people. Angela – who was a favourite of Trump's had to go – she even said so!
Arrow seemed to be a better team with Surya gone and with the aid of Nicole and Tim were easily the winners. Kinetic managed to use Muna's poor performance in front of the camera enough to get her fired, although I think Kristine could easily have fallen if Muna was more prepared for the board meeting – fatal flaw.
This is Gene Weingarten – journalist for the Washington Post and author of a recent article "The Joys of Writing Your Own Wiki-Bio" (see Wiki Watchee – free subscription required). There has been some recent 'exposes' about the validity of information contained on Wikipedia – the free online encyclopedia and Fuzzy Zoeller the golfer has just launched a defamation law suit against a company who's employee used their computers to… Read More »Raising Your Wiki Profile
Surya is gone – not a big surprise, although he tried hard to defend himself there just was not a strong enough case against anyone else.
I was having a breakfast meeting with a client recently and it was interesting to notice the assumptions that were being made by the waitress who was serving us. Generally for the first few times coming to the table her focus was on me, my order and making an impression – my female client was almost entirely ignored. At one point she commented on this when the waitress went away… Read More »Were You Expecting a Tip?