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April 16, 2004
The Apprentice: Bill, I picked it...
Well me and 29M of my friends watched the finale last night. Everyone knows that Bill won. But how many people picked him? This morning on the talking heads shows many people bemoaned the fact the each week was really a firing event, not a hiring one, so those who flew under the radar were rewarded. I believe that Kwame did in fact fly under the radar. Rarely team leader and never the outstanding idea guy on any team. Bill led more than twice as much as Kwame. Bill was always on task and very involved. Especially in the restraunt management episode. By the magic of blogs, you can see that previously I picked Troy, Amy and Bill as finalists. I got two out of three. And picked Bill over Amy after the (pathetic) interviews. As the two events went along it was clear that Bill was in control of his and his team was motivated. Kwame was just floating along with unmotivated and in fact vengeful and outright hostile employees. Bill deserved the car.
So Bill gets the job. He also had to choose between building a new building in Chicago and managing a golf course in LA. The Donald gave him 4 minutes to decide. I said he would take the Chicago project for two reasons. 1. it is in Chicago where Bill is from. 2. It is a 3 year construction project with lots of experienced people to do most of the work. The LA golf course would be managing a P&L in the near term with very clear success/failure criteria. Less air cover. To start, take the more air cover.
Good job Bill.
Posted by Martin at April 16, 2004 1:37 PM
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Martin,
First, I've enjoyed your 'Apprentice' reviews. Thanks!
I, too, picked Bill over Kwame. His hands-on approach seemed to be a better fit for Trump's 'culture'. Had it been GE or IBM, I'd have gone for Kwame.
Bill
Posted by: BillG at April 16, 2004 2:03 PM
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