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The Apprentice – are these really the cream?

Just finished watching the Apprentice on the BBC  The latest person to be fired is Mani. Mani describes himself as having strong leadership qualities and being highly intelligent.

He showed his rapport with other team members in the following exchange:

Mani: Ruth was an autocratic leader

Ruth: Speak English. What’s autocratic?

Mani: Look it up in a dictionary. I really don’t have time for this

So, I thought I’d look at marvellous Mani’s business success…

From Google I got:

“Well, my name is Mani Sandher and I'm the Director of Sigma Organisational Learning. We're "... putting learning to work!"™ for companies, such as AT ...”

as an extract from his home site called Sigma  The only problem is that the forward-thinking Mani, the ace planner Mani had, er, not renewed the domain name!

“This domain name expired on 02/16/2006 and is pending renewal or deletion.”

So I thought I’d look at his second business:

The 2nd Tier

This is written in true Mani-speak:

“Are you on a quest to make an authentic difference, one that transcends and includes making a healthy profit?”

I wanted to have a look at his blog so I clicked: “Read my weekly blog to see if I succeeded!” and got this

Oh dear – hardly a blog!

And these are the cream?

Perhaps the most interesting thing about the series – apart from how Sir Alan uses it as a vehicle to promote…Sir Alan and his wares, is the ‘Unauthorised Version e-book”

It’s available for just £2.99

Naturally I have bought a copy…..

Chris Sivewright

posted by Duncan Williamson @ 8:52 AM