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Old 13-06-2007, 23:15
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Okay, here is a rundown:

Kristina is a great sales person. She showed this throughout the series, on the zoo task, the foreign imports task, and numerous others.

Simon has never shown himself in the same way. At all...he has never shown the drive to sell, in my opinion.


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Kristina has been able to work well in both teams, and independently. She has often been able to go off on her own, and shine (eg the foreign imports task). The ability to work well in both ways is surely invaluable to any organisation.

Simon has rarely, if ever, worked on his own...instead, he must be accompanied with others at all times, such as Tre.

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Kristina is a great leader. She delegated well, and was able to take the helm whenever she was the leader. She wasn't shy to make decisions. This was shown on the last task, for example...she wasn't afraid to put her foot down about the back drop during the presentation. She also had the initiative to return to the architect's office, when she needed to.

As a leader, Simon never delegated well. He ignored half of his team on the last task, and he LOST to Kristina when they were both project managers!


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On the 'Ideal World' task, Simon should have been fired. Yes, it's opinion, but it's a universal one. Not only did Simon choose terrible products, such as the wheelchair, but he didn't direct AT ALL. He also chose himself as the solo presenter, when Naomi was clearly the best for this. He should have been fired. There have been no real instances of Kristina escaping when she should have been fired. The only time she messed up at all was on the same Ideal World task, in which she still did invariably better than Simon.

Simon was also not responsible for the success of 'The Wave'. Had Rory not been there to direct the ideas, Simon would have screwed up royally. Essentially, Simon did nothing worthwhile on the final task, aside from the presentation. Whereas Kristina structered the whole thing successfully, delegated successfully, and quite frankly, did the work of a leader, of a manager. Simon did not.

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Kristina has shown her ability to perservere through hardships in her life, and that shows drive. She's come from a background that made it very hard to get where she is now, and she did bloody well to do that.

Simon has not done this. Of course, it's not his fault that he comes from a privileged background, so he hasn't had the chance to show such perserverence, but it's still goes to show that Kristina appreciates how hard you have to work to get things...Simon perhaps has not had to learn this the hard way as such.

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Kristina has more experience than Simon.
Kristina is more shrewd than Simon.
Kristina commands control; Simon does not.
Kristina is more mature than Simon.


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Old 13-06-2007, 23:17
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great post.
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Old 13-06-2007, 23:27
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To be honest we only get to see the highlights and judging on what we saw tonight I would have said it was pretty close. I believe that we have been misdirected into who "should" win throughout the series. All the way through we were told that SAS didn't want an Apprentice he wanted someone who he could just hand a project and they would get on with it! Yet, he chose someone who by his own admission he would have to "help". I think those people who say that it's an entertainment show have got it right, and Simon was the "twist". Which is unfortunate, because there are a lot of people wondering how the hell he won it. SAS said himself that we didn't see how good his presentation really was. If you add to the argument that both candidates work with him for 6 months, then it has to be said that we really don't get a true picture as to why one candidate is chosen over another.
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Old 13-06-2007, 23:31
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Okay, here is a rundown:

Kristina is a great sales person. She showed this throughout the series, on the zoo task, the foreign imports task, and numerous others.

Simon has never shown himself in the same way. At all...he has never shown the drive to sell, in my opinion.


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Kristina has been able to work well in both teams, and independently. She has often been able to go off on her own, and shine (eg the foreign imports task). The ability to work well in both ways is surely invaluable to any organisation.

Simon has rarely, if ever, worked on his own...instead, he must be accompanied with others at all times, such as Tre.

-------------

Kristina is a great leader. She delegated well, and was able to take the helm whenever she was the leader. She wasn't shy to make decisions. This was shown on the last task, for example...she wasn't afraid to put her foot down about the back drop during the presentation. She also had the initiative to return to the architect's office, when she needed to.

As a leader, Simon never delegated well. He ignored half of his team on the last task, and he LOST to Kristina when they were both project managers!


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On the 'Ideal World' task, Simon should have been fired. Yes, it's opinion, but it's a universal one. Not only did Simon choose terrible products, such as the wheelchair, but he didn't direct AT ALL. He also chose himself as the solo presenter, when Naomi was clearly the best for this. He should have been fired. There have been no real instances of Kristina escaping when she should have been fired. The only time she messed up at all was on the same Ideal World task, in which she still did invariably better than Simon.

Simon was also not responsible for the success of 'The Wave'. Had Rory not been there to direct the ideas, Simon would have screwed up royally. Essentially, Simon did nothing worthwhile on the final task, aside from the presentation. Whereas Kristina structered the whole thing successfully, delegated successfully, and quite frankly, did the work of a leader, of a manager. Simon did not.

-----------------

Kristina has shown her ability to perservere through hardships in her life, and that shows drive. She's come from a background that made it very hard to get where she is now, and she did bloody well to do that.

Simon has not done this. Of course, it's not his fault that he comes from a privileged background, so he hasn't had the chance to show such perserverence, but it's still goes to show that Kristina appreciates how hard you have to work to get things...Simon perhaps has not had to learn this the hard way as such.

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Kristina has more experience than Simon.
Kristina is more shrewd than Simon.
Kristina commands control; Simon does not.
Kristina is more mature than Simon.


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Old 13-06-2007, 23:53
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As do I!
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Old 14-06-2007, 01:17
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A lot of emphasis is put on hard sales in the show but in reality thats not what the final job is about. SAS isnt going to have Simon walking down Bond street with a duffel bag full of electrical parts. If that was the job maybe Kristina would have won. SAS is a bright man and he knows who suits the job he has in mind better, we dont know all the ins and outs of the job so we should probably trust his decision. he is a self made millionaire, fair enough last year he chose the wrong person but surely that made him even more careful this year.WELL DONE SIMON
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Old 14-06-2007, 02:14
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I would have loved SA to hire Kristina, but no matter what anyone else thinks he knows what the job is going to entail, and who suits it best, to be honest I think Simon was the best for that particular job.
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Old 14-06-2007, 02:49
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Okay, here is a rundown:

Kristina is a great sales person. She showed this throughout the series, on the zoo task, the foreign imports task, and numerous others.

Simon has never shown himself in the same way. At all...he has never shown the drive to sell, in my opinion.


--------------------

Kristina has been able to work well in both teams, and independently. She has often been able to go off on her own, and shine (eg the foreign imports task). The ability to work well in both ways is surely invaluable to any organisation.

Simon has rarely, if ever, worked on his own...instead, he must be accompanied with others at all times, such as Tre.

-------------

Kristina is a great leader. She delegated well, and was able to take the helm whenever she was the leader. She wasn't shy to make decisions. This was shown on the last task, for example...she wasn't afraid to put her foot down about the back drop during the presentation. She also had the initiative to return to the architect's office, when she needed to.

As a leader, Simon never delegated well. He ignored half of his team on the last task, and he LOST to Kristina when they were both project managers!


--------------

On the 'Ideal World' task, Simon should have been fired. Yes, it's opinion, but it's a universal one. Not only did Simon choose terrible products, such as the wheelchair, but he didn't direct AT ALL. He also chose himself as the solo presenter, when Naomi was clearly the best for this. He should have been fired. There have been no real instances of Kristina escaping when she should have been fired. The only time she messed up at all was on the same Ideal World task, in which she still did invariably better than Simon.

Simon was also not responsible for the success of 'The Wave'. Had Rory not been there to direct the ideas, Simon would have screwed up royally. Essentially, Simon did nothing worthwhile on the final task, aside from the presentation. Whereas Kristina structered the whole thing successfully, delegated successfully, and quite frankly, did the work of a leader, of a manager. Simon did not.

-----------------

Kristina has shown her ability to perservere through hardships in her life, and that shows drive. She's come from a background that made it very hard to get where she is now, and she did bloody well to do that.

Simon has not done this. Of course, it's not his fault that he comes from a privileged background, so he hasn't had the chance to show such perserverence, but it's still goes to show that Kristina appreciates how hard you have to work to get things...Simon perhaps has not had to learn this the hard way as such.

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Kristina has more experience than Simon.
Kristina is more shrewd than Simon.
Kristina commands control; Simon does not.
Kristina is more mature than Simon.


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Agree whole heartedly!!!
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Old 14-06-2007, 06:46
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Yep I agree too!
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Old 14-06-2007, 06:58
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I don't.
I think Kristina will do much better for herself outside the Amstrad organisation. She has given potential employers a 12 week CV, they will know what they are going to get from her and I imagine she will choose something more suited to her obvious abilities than selling property.
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Old 14-06-2007, 07:29
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I don't.
I think Kristina will do much better for herself outside the Amstrad organisation. She has given potential employers a 12 week CV, they will know what they are going to get from her and I imagine she will choose something more suited to her obvious abilities than selling property.
Completely agree with you. Companies will be falling over themselves to recruit her - she's got drive, ambition and such shrewd judgment - an asset to any organisation. I felt quite emotional last night with her welcome on 'You're Fired' and her wonderful son's reaction. In the long run, I suspect(hope!) SAS's decision will be seen as the right one for both Simon and Kristina
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Old 14-06-2007, 08:04
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SAS souldn't have judged it all on Simon's performance in the presentation. After all , it's a "12 week job interview"
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Old 14-06-2007, 08:11
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SAS souldn't have judged it all on Simon's performance in the presentation. After all , it's a "12 week job interview"
I got the feeling Sir Alan had already got Simon lined up for the job and he would have had to lose it at the presentation rather than win it.
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Old 14-06-2007, 09:13
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Brilliant post! Not to win when she was by far the best and to award the honour to a bumbling idiot who was carried by others and achieved nothing sickens me. My only hope is that she will go onto bigger and better things than being stuck within the Amstrad corporation. What does Sir Alan do anyway? No one buys Amstrad anymore.
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Old 14-06-2007, 09:19
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I wanted Christina to win all the way through, but I don't think she would have been appropriate for the job AS had in mind. Just watched them both on BBC and although she is annoyed she didn't 'win' she did say in the next 5 years she wants to be a CEO of a large corporation. I don't think that was achieveable working for AS.
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Old 14-06-2007, 09:21
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I was so diappointed for Kristina, I thought she really deserved it. Simon is a weak link IMO, he has no back bone or drive. BUT Kristina will be really successful regardless. I was in tears watching you're hired, her family and son seemed like lovely people, and so very proud of her as they should be.
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Old 14-06-2007, 09:58
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Brilliant post! Not to win when she was by far the best and to award the honour to a bumbling idiot who was carried by others and achieved nothing sickens me. My only hope is that she will go onto bigger and better things than being stuck within the Amstrad corporation. What does Sir Alan do anyway? No one buys Amstrad anymore.
Sir Alan mainly makes his millions out of property dealing and that's what he wanted his Apprentice to do, work in property for him.
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Old 14-06-2007, 10:10
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Right from the start i wanted Kristina to win, i was shocked when Simon won. Im sure Kristina will go on to have a great job
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Old 14-06-2007, 10:17
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I hope the fact that Simon's father is a multi-millionaire businessman had nothing to do with the choice.

I think Sir Alan has made a bad choice two years on the trot now. I hope he does better in his business decisions.
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Old 14-06-2007, 10:19
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I'm glad Kristina lost; she seemed so arrogant saying that she was only there to win, and not to come 2nd! But you did, love! HA HA HAAAA!
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Old 14-06-2007, 10:32
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Of course, it's not his fault that he comes from a privileged background, so he hasn't had the chance to show such perseverance, but it's still goes to show that Kristina appreciates how hard you have to work to get things...Simon perhaps has not had to learn this the hard way as such.
This is my biggest problem with Simon.

Kristina was visibly gutted not to get the job. When she saw her son was upset, she nearly lost it completely.

Contrast that with smirky Simon, who I get the impression would have shrugged it off ,had he lost, with an "Oh, well, Daddy will bail me out again, what shall I do next?" kind of attitude.

He also pi**ed me off with his stupid bribes to his team mates, "If we win, we're all off to Barcelona...what the hell, we're going to New York!" Again this smacked of stupid privileged lifestyle, where money has no proper value or appreciation. That's not management or leadership.

I don't doubt he will probably do OK for SAS, especially in "real estate" (do you think SAS is practising the lingo for Apprentice USA??). But he got away with murder throughout the series and I think he has done all his life.
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Old 14-06-2007, 10:48
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What does Sir Alan do anyway? No one buys Amstrad anymore.
Duh! Clearly you haven't been paying attantion over the past 12 weeks.
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Old 14-06-2007, 11:00
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Okay, here is a rundown:

Kristina is a great sales person. She showed this throughout the series, on the zoo task, the foreign imports task, and numerous others.

Simon has never shown himself in the same way. At all...he has never shown the drive to sell, in my opinion.


--------------------

Kristina has been able to work well in both teams, and independently. She has often been able to go off on her own, and shine (eg the foreign imports task). The ability to work well in both ways is surely invaluable to any organisation.

Simon has rarely, if ever, worked on his own...instead, he must be accompanied with others at all times, such as Tre.

-------------

Kristina is a great leader. She delegated well, and was able to take the helm whenever she was the leader. She wasn't shy to make decisions. This was shown on the last task, for example...she wasn't afraid to put her foot down about the back drop during the presentation. She also had the initiative to return to the architect's office, when she needed to.

As a leader, Simon never delegated well. He ignored half of his team on the last task, and he LOST to Kristina when they were both project managers!


--------------

On the 'Ideal World' task, Simon should have been fired. Yes, it's opinion, but it's a universal one. Not only did Simon choose terrible products, such as the wheelchair, but he didn't direct AT ALL. He also chose himself as the solo presenter, when Naomi was clearly the best for this. He should have been fired. There have been no real instances of Kristina escaping when she should have been fired. The only time she messed up at all was on the same Ideal World task, in which she still did invariably better than Simon.

Simon was also not responsible for the success of 'The Wave'. Had Rory not been there to direct the ideas, Simon would have screwed up royally. Essentially, Simon did nothing worthwhile on the final task, aside from the presentation. Whereas Kristina structered the whole thing successfully, delegated successfully, and quite frankly, did the work of a leader, of a manager. Simon did not.

-----------------

Kristina has shown her ability to perservere through hardships in her life, and that shows drive. She's come from a background that made it very hard to get where she is now, and she did bloody well to do that.

Simon has not done this. Of course, it's not his fault that he comes from a privileged background, so he hasn't had the chance to show such perserverence, but it's still goes to show that Kristina appreciates how hard you have to work to get things...Simon perhaps has not had to learn this the hard way as such.

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Kristina has more experience than Simon.
Kristina is more shrewd than Simon.
Kristina commands control; Simon does not.
Kristina is more mature than Simon.


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I agree. The only consistent thing Simon has demonstrated throughout the series is that he's an idiot.
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Old 14-06-2007, 11:57
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Looking back on it , I'm quite happy that she didn't win. After all , an average job in an average organisation is suited for an average man. Kristina would have simply been underpaid for her talents.
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Old 14-06-2007, 11:57
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I'm glad Kristina lost; she seemed so arrogant saying that she was only there to win, and not to come 2nd! But you did, love! HA HA HAAAA!


The runners up always seems to do better don't they?
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