Microsoft Workplace LiveMeeting is supplying cost-free on the internet seminars recently, and it appears they now have a sequence concentrated to the Apprentice: Fired NOT Hired: The Day After The Apprentice. Join host Troy McClain, season one finalist and fan favorite of the hit NBC show The Apprentice, and find out what the boardroom is really like. Every Friday morning attend through Microsoft(R) Workplace Live Meeting and participate LIVE with the losing Apprentice candidate from the night before. I've always said you can learn a lot from The Apprentice ... whether you are an active job seeker,
Office 2007 Pro, a rising member of the corporate world, or even trying to start your own business. Ok, so maybe you're learning "what not to do" rather than taking away useful best practices ... but either way,
Office 2010 Professional Plus, the learnings can carry more than to real life. While searching for links, I just found a great Martha's The Apprentice resource ... Apprentice 101. Columnist Maureen Moriarty (professional accredited executive coach,
Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007, corporate leadership trainer, team facilitator and founder of Pathways to Change) catalogs the lessons learned and the team's and individual's successes and failures along the way. She also wrote in regards to the first two seasons of Donald's The Apprentice. An example from a recent Martha recap. File this one under "not a fit" ... Lack of leadership. Sarah completely blew it as a project manager. She was completely ineffective at creating a vision and strategy for her team. Followers require direction and a plan. Sarah offered neither. She could not even lead her team to develop an idea -- a major red flag. Leaders need to have the skills to facilitate creative thinking for their teams. Sarah's reliance on lengthy, silent brainstorming sessions as her sole resource for idea generation was pretty pathetic. The challenges facing business leaders today -- global competition, technological changes and high customer expectations -- require creative leadership responses and skills. Being able to direct a team to results is a core fundamental leadership requirement. And with that ... It ... is ... time .. to ... go,
Office 2010 Professional Key! It's time for Gretchen to Go! Actually, I really am going. I'll be off next week for Thanksgiving. I might post a few entries in my absense, but likely,
Windows 7 Activation, it may possibly be dark about here. gretchen