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New leadership series on BBC Radio 4 – Follow the Leader
Thursday, January 6th, 2011If you missed the first part of this BBC Radio 4 series, it’s worth a quick trip to iPlayer on your laptop. The two-part documentary looks at leadership from every angle and every sector and asks a host of interesting questions, not least the differences between a good leader and a good manager, which aren’t the same at all.
Jo Cameron’s Apprentice blog: Week Ten
Thursday, December 9th, 2010Well, I was as shocked as anyone. This week Stuart was leader of the losing team and didn’t get fired. He put up a fighting performance in the boardroom, promising Lord Sugar a ‘field of ponies’ that would boost his business by millions of pounds.
Jo Cameron’s Apprentice blog: Week Eight
Thursday, November 25th, 2010Both teams took orders for thousands of pounds but Apollo, this week led by Stella, beat Synergy by just over €1,000.
Former Apprentice Jo Cameron’s blog: Week six
Thursday, November 18th, 2010The annual Apprentice TV ad always provides much entertainment because every year it always seems to go so badly wrong! This task was about branding cleaning products.
Woman’s Hour tackles high rate of female bankruptcy
Saturday, November 13th, 2010A week ago there was an alarming academic study we reported on, which revealed that middle-aged women are being plunged into insolvency in record numbers,
Jo Cameron’s Apprentice blog: Week Six
Thursday, November 11th, 2010The axe fell on team leader Alex because of his lack of leadership and the fatal tactical mistake of bringing Sandeesh back into the boardroom when she hadn’t done anything wrong.
Former Apprentice Jo Cameron’s blog: Week Five
Thursday, November 4th, 2010The main difficulty in this type of task is that you don’t get time to do any market research. There isn’t much time to make selections so quite a lot of it is guess work. Unless of course you have an “expert” on the team.
