Leadership
Management By Wandering Around (MBWA)
Management by Wandering Around (MBWA) shows that in order to get the best from people and really understand what is going on in the team, a manager or leader needs to walk around and talk to the team. In this post, we look at how to make Management by Wandering Around work.
Lessons From the Apprentice – Design a New Gadget
This weeks task on the Apprentice was to design and pitch a new household gadget. Lord Sugar said that the success of the task would be very much down to the concept as the team who secured the most orders from two major retailers would win. The boys led by Azhar decided to focus on…
Lessons From the Apprentice – Print It and Sell It
So on the day the latest budget was announced, the new series of the BBC’s Apprentice starts. Lord Alan Sugar has 12 new contestants competing for an investment in starting a new business, having him as a business partner. I can’t help but think – New Series, Same Lessons? Have these people not seen the…
Business and Leadership Lessons from the Apprentice – Selling in France
This weeks task saw the team picking British products and selling them to French retailers. After a re-jig of the teams, Lord Sugar placed Tom in charge of Logic and Susan put herself forward to be in charge of Venture. The first job of the day was to split the teams and send one half…