The Apprentice - a victory for the Ice Queen (and King)

This year’s Apprentice has drawn to a close with a worthy winner in Stella English.  Both her and Chris Bates took on a difficult task in the final and showed that they had great business brains.  Stella edged it by virtue of her better track record (and you suspect in part because of Lord Sugar’s greater affinity with her background).

What was notable is that a trait of both of the finalists was their ability to separate personality from business and avoid getting involved in the personal attacks that characterised many of the boardroom encounters.

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Kiss and make up

In a time when the world is apparently tumbling towards a global recession it is no surprise, but still some relief, that intra-company disputes are being rapidly set aside.

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