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Why did James have a go at Bianca?
Gwaed Waedlyd
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Before she messed up with the exclusive territory deal she was not doing anything wrong and was only giving suggestions and seemed to do be working well but James was being a **** as usually and started having a go at her for no reason. Glad she stood her ground, she is right a fool always has to say something and James is the biggest fool going.
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She is not a baby James.
Can't have ladies trying to offer helpful advice because they get all emotional and irrational when men are trying to do important business.
It's very annoying that I have to admit that James did well in terms of getting a result in the task and that Bianca did make a terrible mistake which would have probably got her fired if their team had lost.
Bianca was trying to 'lead' on the photo task over her PM and silenced him when he tried to make a suggestion, normally this would be fine, but he was PM and deserves respect enough to be heard
And then she made the biggest fu** up of all, this after her clever 'fool' monologue
in this case he was probably right tho , it was an extremely careless mistake and she deserved it
To me, it looked like James did shut her out a bit but equally Bianca was desperately trying to show that she was contributing. Was that fair enough or did she push too far? It's hard to tell from the snippets we saw. My guess is there was an element of fault on both sides.
Mind you, Bianca's subsequent exclusivity trip-up meant that if Summit had lost she would surely have been fired regardless of any of James' failings (and, to be fair, while he was dictatorial I thought he had his best week so far by a distance).
He was demeaning and overbearing with Roisin as well as Bianca. Definite red flag re. 'dodgy attitude to women'.
But by gum, Bianca has made two disastrous mistakes now in succession. I don't know if it was foot-in-mouth syndrome brought on by pressure or if she just genuinely lacks commercial instincts. She's lucky to still be there.
Bianca's from London too, so she should have been aware enough of London's geography to know how big Westminster is (it's basically the whole of central London). And if she wasn't sure, she should have checked first!
Having said that, Bianca wasn't the only person in that sub-team. Someone should have corrected the error.
He's been dismissive towards pretty much every person in the house at one time or another, male or female.
In any case though, James had every right to be mad at her later for the exclusitivy shambles. That deserved an instant firing.
Yeah, Bianca is one of the most blatant arse-coverers we've ever had on the show. I can think of at least three episodes where she's started planning for the boardroom within the first 20 minutes of the episode.
Unless there's a team shake-up next week (there might be actually), Bianca has to be PM next week, surely? Mark and Lauren will fight it out for PM but I expect Lauren to do it. Will be interesting to see them both as PM.
Thought it was a bit off when that shop owner suggested and asked for exclusivity and that somehow spun into being his idea just cos he said "yes" (and probably didn't know what it meant)?
Well, if Lord Sugar doesn't appoint the Project Managers, it depends what the team thinks. Usually in the past they've let people who haven't done it yet give it a shot, but not always. Last year Alex kept putting himself forward and not being chosen, and in the end Lord Sugar had to appoint him.
Yeah, but usually - not always, but usually - if there's only one person left who hasn't PM'd, they will be first choice within their team unless there's a serious reason not to go with them. Alex last year was a rare and weird exception. The point I was getting at though is that I suspect Bianca doesn't want to be PM (she has said no 3 or 4 times now) but she will have little excuse next week. She doesn't technically have to do it but there's still room for another double firing or two and I suspect she would be instantly fired if she was in the same team and actively refused it next week.
I wouldn't be so sure that it's nonsense about his attitude to women due to the particular language he was using. It reminded me very much of 'women should know their place'. It's true that he can be aggressive with one or two of the men, but I just don't think he would have said a couple of the same things he said to Bianca.
Mind you, it does look like something petty which works both ways. I personally felt that Bianca only made that stupid exclusivity offer because she didn't want to be outdone by James.
Can somebody remind me what her huge error last week was because I've forgotten?
She told a group of potential customers that they were the last people that they were speaking to. That meant that they were pretty much desperate to sell their last few tickets, and gave the customers the freedom to try to negotiate the price down even further.
Actually, autocratic leadership can be disastrous in business on a long-term basis because it destroys motivation and morale, and it limits input from the potentially talented people you have around you. Yeah, it does have benefits in situations that are time-pressured and high risk like Apprentice tasks or in sectors like the military. It also works if a team is inexperienced or lazy rather than motivated and high-achievers like Apprentice candidates.
So I agree that there's a time and a place for autocracy and I can see why a task on the Apprentice would suit that style if you want to get results and you trust yourself. But it's incredibly high risk given Sugar's propensity to sack the PM and the fact that your leadership skills are under scrutiny. We know Sugar likes that kind of courage and he's old school himself but I'm not convinced James CHOSE this style deliberately for the task at hand, adapting like a good leader would, or if he just is an autocrat. I suspect the latter cos he's arrogant and has poor interpersonal skills.
Ah yes of course. Thanks.:)
Can I just double-check that you just said there's nothing wrong with a dictatorship? And that letting other people voice their opinion (for example, Roisin coming up with the whole game idea...) is a bad thing? I was wondering what sort of person would be able to stand James & defend him. Thank you for the answer.