Comments on: Is Anybody Watching ‘The Celebrity Apprentice’?

By: MARYANN

MARYANN — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:35:55 +0000

YES I DEFINETLY WATCH IT, I HAVE NOT MISSED AN APPRENTICE EPISODE SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. THIS YEAR IS EXTREMELY INTERESTING TO SEE CELEBS TAKEN OUT OF THERE CONFORT ZONE WEHTER IT BE ACTING OR SPORTS RELATED AND PUT INTO A SITUATION THAT THEY MUST USE THERE BUSINESS ABILITY. IT IS NICE TO SEE A DIFFERENT SIDE OF THEM AS MOST OF THE MEDIA THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREERS ONLY FOCUS ON WHTA THEY DO AS A CELEBRTY, AND NOT FOCUS ON THAT MOST OF THEM ARE VERY BUSINESS SAVY. THEY WOMEN WILL START TO PICK UP STEAM AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE AFFRAID TO USE THEIR CELEBRITY AS THE DONALD SAYS!

By: Raffi

Raffi — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:15:12 +0000

The first 2 episodes are perfect examples of how women don’t do well in business. Too much reliance on emotions and “feeling good” does not translate into dollars.

By: wrenny

wrenny — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:31:13 +0000

I think that Omarosa is terrible. She is not a team player. She does not take responsibility for her actions, places blame and tears her team mates down without building them up in any way. She shirks responsibility, she’s opportunistic and only thinks of her self and looking good. She is not a leader in any respect. The women are failing not as much in execution, but in working as a team and using each woman’s expertise…a leader -the project leader- should be able to pull everyone together as a team and get every one’s, “Buy-in”. I’ve worked in tight time frames and found it easier and faster to get my team’s Buy-in, use them in their strengths, train and help them with their weaknesses. The guys seem to know each other’s strengths, and using them to the team’s advantage. It was nice that one woman did try to take responsibility for failure, but did not go as far as to say she should be fired.

By: Gireesh

Gireesh — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:29:05 +0000

Interesting article to read.

Gireesh Kumar Sharma
Recognize, Nourish and Retain Talent
http://www.empxtrack.com/

By: Diane Danielson

Diane Danielson — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:04:02 +0000

Hi - I’ve been an Apprentice fan from way back and I didn’t think they could freshen up the concept, but this one worked. Although I’m still not an Ivanka fan (”Bring back Carolyn and George!”)

Re: the first episode where the men started dialing for dollars from the old boys club and the women didn’t want to play on their celebrity… I just shook my head. It illustrated a huge difference I see every single day in business. Men get the “what comes around goes around” bit and women are spending their time quibbling over how to divide up a lunch check. Until women figure that out (part of my mission in life … ) the boys are still going to win. My hunch from the beginning was that Mary Lou Henner was the smartest one on the women’s team.