Carolyn Kepcher et al - Carolyn 101: Business lessons from the Apprentice's Straight Shooter Books

Pros: It's refreshing to have a positive woman in the business world. No glass ceiling here!
Cons: It's ghostwritten and very well padded.

I confess, I've become a fan of the show The Apprentice. Mostly out of inertia, but also because I've also been learning a lot about what to do, and more importantly, what not to do in business. The other pleasure of watching it is the ...

Pros: Light reading. Useful to both genders.
Cons: Somewhat ordinary.

A few years ago, when Donald Trump’s reality TV show, The Apprentice, made a big splash in the television ratings and business school classrooms across the nation, one of the cast members quickly achieved fame for her outspoken and direct style. ...

Pros: Personable,practical,and people-oriented.
Cons: Somewhat passionless at times but still intriguing.

When my daughter finished college and got a job with a good company out in California, I decided it was time to help her get started in the business world, so I went to Office Depot and bought her a red stapler like one that the bespeckled cubicle-office ...

Pros: Quick read, concise, some good advice
Cons: She gushes a bit too much on The Donald

Although this is a short book of 200+ pages, it is a fast reading book that can still be broken into specific sections to be reviewed. The book, however, is not sectioned off, but these are the topics I’d like to bring up. Carolyn: the employee ...