Reply to: The Apprentice - What a joke!!

[Bagpuss]

Badger sold double glasing door to door, what better person to guide a multi-billion pound business.

Someone like Sir John Harvey Jones must be in awe.....

In 1945 the Navy sent him to the University of Cambridge, where he learned Russian in six months and qualified as a German and Russian interpreter. In 1952 he was awarded the MBE for his work in Naval Intelligence after a tour of duty commanding an 'E' boat, on what was loosely termed "fishery protection duties in the Baltic".

Jobs with ICI followed one another in quick succession. He himself suspected it was a desperate attempt by the company to find something he could do. In 1973 at the age of 49 he was given a seat on the main board. In April 1982 he became Chairman of ICI reputedly at the odds of 15-1 against, only the second split-career man and non-chemist to reach the top.

Certain that a troubled ICI lacked the time to make changes in an evolutionary way, but at the time uncertain of how to do things, he describes himself as a "high-risk Chairman".

A believer in informality, collective leadership and a high level of conflict, his sometimes strident public profile brought ICI to the notice of many millions. After only thirty months in the job, he had doubled the price of ICI shares and turned a loss into a one billion pound profit.

[ruskithebear]

Someone suprise me and tell me that Badger's company RBC is winning work.

There is no way she can be winning work from anyone serious about their own business. I can hear it now at the board/partners meetings

"Gents the company is going down the pan, we are bringing in the consultants to steady the buffs"
"great, who is it?"
"Some chancer from TV who came second in the apprentice and has started up her own consultancy"
"Great, do you think she will be able to restructure our complex Japanese bond financing or get us out of that £75k a day consequential loss contract that's about to be triggered due to the Russian ruble moving three points against the euro?"
"Erm, well, she is the badger, an Outstanding over achiever, inspired self, motivated deal closer"
"Yes but what has she done in the business world........"
"Erm, well, she is the badger, an Outs............."

Boards members vote on initiating suicide pledge and reach for the cyanide pills........

[Maxamus]

Note the equal opportunities policy, all her staff are female?

she is ALL her staff the fat cow.

[vetran]

no case studies on the web site. so probably no.

The website looks like mine minus the code section, mine was done while shuttered and looks like I read websites for dummies in 24 hrs - in 15 mins.

Note the equal opportunities policy, all her staff are female?

[lilelvis2000]

I was shouting beg, you b1tch, beg. Never do that at all let alone on TV.

Yeah what an idiot. Both of the team leaders were idiots. If it hadn't been for the exorbitant purchase of milk and bars by one team they would have tied! What heck is a "eclipse experience" anyway?

[Maxamus]

is Badger just a glorified contractor now?
Thats what im getting from her web site..

[Bagpuss]

"Outstanding over achiever"

as compared to unremarkable over achievers

[ratewhore]

(dont know what hes going to teach them like)

You are Sally-Ann and I claim blah blah...

It's only a game. Enjoy it for what it is. If any of them were any good they'd already be earning lots, or quietly climbing the ladder somewhere, not poncing about on TV with a high risk of ridicule and a 90% chance of being fired.

Never a truer word spoken Wen...

[Maxamus]

Someone suprise me and tell me that Badger's company RBC is winning work.

[Maxamus]

I remember Badger was responsible for increasing turnover by millions, then it turned out she was a door to door saleswoman.

also Sayed ran businesses worth millions.

Ye your right. But non of this makes sense. If they were trully running business worth millions then they would have been paid loads anyway. Which begs the question; why are they wasting time coming on the apprentise for a 100k ?
Some putting their careers on hold, some have come to learn from alan sugar (dont know what hes going to teach them like) and some say they want their own business........ehh if i was senior in a company making millions then would i leave to go ona pxy TV show? I dont think so.

People running business which are worth millions are actually doing just that but these wannabe muppets are just prancing around.

Its all horse tulip

[Bagpuss]

whats the fat cows website?
Im going to deface it !!!!

http://www.ruthbadger.com/


Ruth Badger



Founder & Chief Executive of RBC



Outstanding over achiever



Inspired self motivated deal closer



A leader, doer and real go getter



Consummate business professional



The “real” winner of The Apprentice 2006


I see she does MOTs too! WTF?

[Maxamus]

Badger was dishing out her wisdom on the bbc 2 prog last night. She really thinks she's a female John Harvey-Jones. Her website is class especially the "Don't waste out time and we won't waste yours" line!

whats the fat cows website?
Im going to deface it !!!!

[wendigo100]

It's only a game. Enjoy it for what it is. If any of them were any good they'd already be earning lots, or quietly climbing the ladder somewhere, not poncing about on TV with a high risk of ridicule and a 90% chance of being fired.

[zathras]

But I see the badger is heading up another program though...could be interesting seeing her ripping strips off people trying to sell her something eh?

Mailman

What, a cheap rip off of Dragon's Den

[Euro-commuter]

How much talent can the dozzy cow have at 23?
She hasnt exactly done much.
Responsible for a turnover of £6mill at the age of 23?
Im assuming that she only must have graduated from uni at 22?

Nope:

Ghazal Asif
Age 23
Career Business Development Manager
Qualifications Highers
Home Town Glasgow

"Highers" = school leaving certificates in Scotland, as A-levels are in England. Often taken at age 17.


Anyway, what does "responsible for a turnover of £6mill" mean? Not the same as "ran a 6m turnover business", I think.