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Congratulations to Tom on being hired as Lord Sugar’s Apprentice for 2011. His success is good news not just for Tom, but also for business in general for two key reasons.  Firstly, Lord Sugar’s decision makes it clear that you… continue

Obviously I am delighted that our system has identified the finalists again. Three of them - Susan, Jim and Tom – have been in the top three since the first programme with Helen having come through later. Her lack of prominence… continue

In this week’s Apprentice it became clear that neither Geography nor History are strong subjects for the remaining hopefuls and their punctuation’s not so hot either – Caraca’s (sic) with an apostrophe?! The key question, however, is how are they… continue

There were several unprecedented features in this show: an extra fine was imposed on a team because of their sheer incompetence, the winning team was denied their reward and a team member tried to wrestle the leadership from the project… continue

Apprentice team composition is nothing to do with how the cookie crumbles but is manipulated and last night, in a task to create and market a new biscuit, was no exception with the two lowest scorers in our table moved… continue

It can be difficult to see the world as someone else sees it, particularly if you are very different from them. One way of getting around this is to talk to that other person. Simple as that. Oh yes, and… continue

We’ve seen it time and time again. One team self-destructs before our eyes, as the over-bearing leader divides the group and pushes the product with the dodgy name. Meanwhile, the other team works cohesively, has strong leadership and nails the… continue

Beauty may be skin deep, but profits go straight to Lord Sugar’s steely cold heart. And when you make a loss, someone’s got to pay. This week it was Felicity who departed, without so much as a farewell glance from… continue