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Old 21-06-2013, 19:08
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To be honest, I don't think she deliberately undermined Jason - she's canny enough to know that the most important thing is to win the task. I think what she did was to do what she always does when she doesn't get her way up front, which is to whinge constantly. She also didn't recognise that Jason has a different thinking style to her - he's an introverted thinker who needs time to process, so her constantly hurrying him up only made things worse. Once she'd realised he was struggling and - being Luisa - she had already assumed that her way of doing things would be better, it was a logical jump in her mind to become PM.

The problem with Luisa - and this is less of a problem in her own business than it is in team situations - is that everything is all about her. I am the best PM. I have the best ideas. I will do the pitch because I can do it better than anyone. That's not how you lead a team. In many instances a boss can do a job better than their subordinates - the trick is how you involve everyone to achieve the best overall result from a happy and motivated team. Luisa just doesn't get that, because she can't see beyond what's best for her.

Jordan was criticised in the boardroom for being a delegator, but in a project situation that's exactly what a PM does. Utilise your resources, fit people to the right jobs, keep on top of the big picture.


She does realise he thinks differently. Her problem was that he couldn't think any other way, and kept on reverting to further doubt and questioning, instead of just deciding on and doing something workable. What can she do about that other then to keep on telling him to stop doing it? No one else has found another way, and she had a worse problem as he was PM. Neil cut him off abruptly last week when he meandered into looking at motorbikes, Alex previously called him a silly x for similar rambling. He fits the stereotype of the arts/social sciences PhD researcher, and clearly isn't one of the more decisive, policy orientated ones. He may even fall into the category of researchers who take years extra studying, redrafting, doubting, and changing focus, or even the ones who never finish - unless they are pushed into committing themselves on paper.

The tricks of being PM in real life doesn't apply to the apprentice. You would use everyone to their best ability if you had people with the right ability. They don't. They also don't have the luxury of sending people away to do nothing. Even in the real world, its rare to have people who can all contribute positively to any project. The best way to proceed often is to keep most people well away from anything important, and to leave it to the few competent ones you have. A sensible PM might leave Jason at the house, but here thats impossible, and Jason was the PM.

Its true Luisa thinks like you said. But, if its a problem, its a big one for his lordship - because Neil, Alex and Leah all think like that and have acted the same too.
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Old 21-06-2013, 20:50
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Completely disagree. I think from the moment Jason became PM she assumed that he was going to lose and tried to undermine him so that he would be fired.

Then when she became PM she was so arrogant that she thought she could pull it off.

Also, although KB doesn't like her per se - I think she end up backing her as a "strong independent woman".
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