Okay, I know this isn’t necessarily the most academic of topics to write about, but I actually have learned a lot from this show. I love this show, not because of the drama or the excitement of

Lessons I’ve learned from the Trump:

A leader has to do their job as manager AND everyone else’s job in the process.
Something Kwame said, and I completely agree. It’s difficult being a leader, and often it looks like a job that is cushier than it really is.

TRUST is essential in a manager/subordinate relationship.
(a) You need to trust your subordinate will get the job done, otherwise you’ll be micro-managing and will undermine their trust in you. Bill was a little frazzled during the golf tournament, and kept on nagging Amy and his team about whether they’ve accomplished the tasks he delegated to them. Something Amy said stayed with me; she said, “You only need to ask me to do something once, Bill. Anymore and I’ll begin to think you don’t trust me.”
(b) Likewise, you need a team that trusts and believes in you, otherwise they won’t want to get the job done. They must be motivated by their faith in you as a leader.

A managing director should never look like he’s running around frazzled. Whatever you do, don’t freak out when things go wrong.

Get comfortable with the fact that others will talk about you behind your back and scrutinize your every action.

Prepare to say that you’re better than the guy next to you, and don’t feel guilty about it. You’re going to be put in the hot seat eventually and you have to learn to be aggressive.

Do not, under any circumstances, cry.
Omarosa’s sobfest outside the boardroom before she was hacked has become one of the show’s most replayed clips. It exemplifies everything that bugged you about her: in the end, she

When someone deceives you, you MUST fire them.
No one wants to be the bad guy. No one feels this way more than I do. But when Omarosa cleared lied to Kwame and his only response was to try to “push her to the side,” it cost him the apprenticeship.

Non-management is just as bad as micro-management.
Kwame was so laid back that his team was lacking direction altogether. Whenever something went wrong, Kwame would go into crisis mode, and then hand the baton off to someone on his team. In his words, he wanted his management style to “get the hell out of their way,” but this isn’t necessarily the best thing because one thing I hate is when my boss doesn’t give me any guidance at all. In the end I feel lost and confused, and don’t do a good job because I don’t know how.