06-Mar-13 The Apprentice 5 - Nature Refined
Plan a corporate retreat for top GM dealers to introduce the 2007 Chevy Tahoe - will the teams be able to succeed without imploding? We discuss each team’s strategy and each project manager’s style. We are both in agreement with Trump that Synergy was the clear winner. But was a reward of swimming with sharks really a reward???
Our topics of disccussion tonight are:
- Do holidays exist in a cut-throat corporate world?
- Big idea or execution - which is the key to success?
- Glad handing - will using phrases such as “my man”, “my friend”, “big girl” win you favors in the business world?
We will soon be posting an interview with past Amazing Race player, Susan Vaughn. Susan was on The Amazing Race 7 with her son Patrick. Among other things she is a fellow Buddy TVj hosting a session on The Amazing Race - check out her session starting 03/21/2006. We will also be hosting a session for Survivor on BuddyTV (http://www.buddytv.com/) starting soon. Check out the action! ID is “BetaPreview” and password is “TVj*2006″.
| Item |
Marjorie |
Michael |
| Win |
Gold Rush |
Synergy |
| Fired |
Brent |
Charmaine |
| Suck Up |
Allie |
Allie (why Allie?) |
Thanks for listening we look forward to your comments and predictions!
Podcast: tcAPPR060313.mp3
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Do holidays exist in a cut-throat corporate world?
You have admitted to not being hugely religious and I think this is why the question comes up. Although a lot of “religious” Christian holidays in the US have become more of a day off and maybe time with family than an observance of belief, there are a lot of people who DO have deep conviction in their religions. Any good employer should be willing to give some concession to workers who are looking for days off because of religion. Any devout person will let the employer know about this and if the employer cannot work with it, they either don’t take the job or decide to take the job with the concession that they will have to work. I would bet Dan and Lee discussed this with producers before taking the position.
I think both teams were off on their schemes for the Tahoe presentation.
You don’t need to sell cars to dealers. Car dealers can drive any car they want.
What the dealers really want to know is “how will the Tahoe increase my bottom line profit?”.
Both teams approached their presentations as if they were selling the car to the public, rather than trying to to convince a retail store (i.e. car dealer) to carry the sponser’s (GM) product.
Thanks for another great tubecast.
Hey guys,
I think Synergy was right on the money with this challenge. I think Andrea did a great job handling Brent with tact. I think she proved she has great leadership ability. Was I impressed enough to forget she cried like a 2 year old because she wasn’t happy Trump’s decision…..I don’t know. Not that I am the one she needs to impress….Just my opinion! I was also highly amused by the fact they decided to skeet shoot in a park. The look on grandpa’s face was priceless!
Working holidays……. I believe you know what is expected of you when you accept a job. Police Officers, Fire Fighters, Radio DJ’s, Doctors, Nurses and Retail Clerks as well as some occupations I’m sure I have forgot, work most holidays. That is something you have to consider when taking the job. In this case, I would have worked but I would not have looked down on those who didn’t.
Big Idea or Execution…..I would have to say execution. It doesn’t matter how good of an idea you have if you are not able to excite it. I do think it is important to take the time to come up with the “Big Idea” though. I think Gold Rush proved that a bunch of good ideas by them selves really don’t amount to much with out a master plan.
The “Buddy” Factor….I agree with Mike, It is a guy thing. I deal with vendors all over the world and there are several that I refer to as Man. Keep in mind, these are people I talk to a couple times a week. Also, I would never initiate that casual of conversation. I leave it up to them how formal our conversation is. I had to laugh when Mike mentioned Texas. I have a vendor out there and It’s always, Hey Man! I don’t think he would want it any other way. He often calls just to say hello. He decided it was going to be a casual relationship. On the other hand, some vendors are very formal. It all depends on whom you are dealing with.
Donald, fire everyone else and just hire Lenny. He’s tough AND he’ll entertain your business partners. He’s definitely my pick to win now.
But man, even though Synergy won, they really need to get the stick outta their butts. I had to rewind the part where Sean said, “We were really hoping the sharks would get Brent, and eliminate a weak link. But, unfortunately, he came back.” The part was said so seriously that I couldn’t tell if Synergy was joking or not. Sadly, I don’t think they were.
I think it’s a little ironic that Theresa asked Terek what he did on the task. Uh, Theresa, other than “delegating” and running the team into the side of a covered carraige, what did YOU do on the task? And her main point of attack was to pull the people that didn’t follow through in the boardroom, why didn’t she bring Bryce in? He certainly didn’t train those models very well. Oh, but wait, he got that generator.
This season looks like it’s going to be VERY interesting.
Waaagghhh!!!! I don’t want to play any more because Brent is back! Waaaggghhh!!
Just leave me alone! Boo Hoo Hoo!!! Is this woman for real? Does Trump watch the footage of these shows? If he does I wouldn’t be surprised if he fired Andrea even if she did win. After she dried her eyes, she said would take Brent into the board room if they lost, regardless of whether or not he did a good job. Drew is right, Fire everyone else and just hire Lenny!
Speaking of Lenny, that guy rocks! I thought he was going to grab a skeet gun and just take Brice out. A real Shooter McGavinsky. You’re fired!! BOOM!!! He cracked me up when he said he wished Theresa had brains as big as her boobs.
He is the only guy I have ever seen get a real laugh out of Trump. When he said “next time I’ll take the holiday too, what am I stupid?”
Which brings me to the holiday issue. I don’t think Trump would have had a task assigned on Christmas Day. Why make it an issue as to who would work when you had so many Jewlsh people involved? Give them all the day off. Conflict by design? Stir the pot perhaps?
I respect a person’s faith as much as the next guy, but you’re there for a once in a lifetime opportunity. If Lee and Dan are that religious, are they going to refuse to perform a task between sundown Friday and sundown Saturday? Where are there yarmulkes? Besides, according to Jewish friends, Roshashana is not that solemn a holiday. Not like Yom Kippor, which is a day of atonement.
By the way, Brent is Jewish as well. When Marty Feldman and Trapper John went skipping off to Temple, he just went about his business. Good for him.
Terek was so close to gaining points in my book, when he had to go and give Trump a “Rusty Trombone” He make’s me sick! When he said he would “Step up his game”, Trump looked disgusted and said “If you can”!! I love it!! Anyway Terek is my now and forever pick as biggest suck up.
As far as Glad Handing for Girls… what about “hun”?
“Thanks, hun!”
“Are you ok, hun?”
I think that’s the closet thing to “man”- although I’m a chick and I do say “man” once in a while. But I’ll admit that it takes a special person to pull it off
I felt the same way as Michael did about Teresa’s boobs. WHAMMO! Who knew? Good lordy, they were out of control. She had this toothpick body and then the BULGING SWEATER OF DOOM! Mercy. Glad she’s gone because(besides being completely delusional about her own skills) she just plain distracted me. I had to go back and watch the episode again because I was “unfocused” the first time through.
Okay… the whole “Man” thing. I call people DUDE all the time (male or female) and when in need stick in a MAN every now and again. Hm. Must be a guy thing. But did anyone notice what TRUMP called that lady during one of the lead-ins? She was not a young lady and seemed to be someone who was fairly high-ranking person. After she gave her presentation to the Trumpster and he was walking away, he said something like, “Thanks, Sweetheart.”
SWEETHEART!
Man, that Trump dude has all the power, huh?
Ohhh yea - sweetheart and hun! When I was growing up and we went around the room asking what we want to be when we grow up - you would hear “A Doctor” “A teacher” - none of that noble stuff for me I wanted to be “Hun” or if not that “Sweetheart”.
At least he hasn’t called Carolyn any of those things yet.
While Dude and Man work for men (or so you guys say) - Hun and sweetheart will not befriend a woman to you (unless she is in her 90s) - uuuuuuugggggghhhh!!
I’m betting Tarek uses one of the above phrases tonight - he is a Trumpster want-to-be.