Sales and Selling

Lessons From the Apprentice – Print It and Sell It

March 21, 2012 | posted in: Leadership, Lessons From the Apprentice, Sales and Selling | by david

So on the day the latest budget was announced, the new series of the BBC’s Apprentice starts. Lord Alan Sugar has 12 new contestants competing for an investment in starting a new business, having him as a business partner. I can’t help but think – New Series, Same Lessons? Have these people not seen the..

Business and Leadership Lessons from the Apprentice – Selling in France

June 22, 2011 | posted in: Leadership, Lessons From the Apprentice, Sales and Selling | by david

This weeks task saw the team picking British products and selling them to French retailers. After a re-jig of the teams, Lord Sugar placed Tom in charge of Logic and Susan put herself forward to be in charge of Venture. First job of the day was to split the teams and send one half to..

Lessons In Sales Skills From the Apprentice

May 25, 2011 | posted in: Lessons From the Apprentice, Sales and Selling | by david

This weeks episode of the Apprentice saw the teams tasked with choosing and selling a range of beauty treatments and peripheral products. After a switch around in the teams, Lord Sugar this week chose the Team Leaders – Zoe for team Venture and Felicity for team logic. The first task was to chose the location..