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Why do the girls on both teams "cat fight" every single week?....you don't see the guys acting that way ?

The candidates do need to understand their personal psychological balances and especially how they convey themselves to everyone and especially the candidates and their ultimate boss, Lord Sugar. Lord Sugar is somebody who would never want to employ a "bully" even if they are high performers. They would cause huge problems. Bullies do cost money and are genuinely bad for a business. One of the excellent articles I have is from Dr Burch from Auckland and it does convey the message I am trying to address in helping this selection process. I have shown some of Dr Burch's teachings (and I did agree that Edna's sacking had to happen and Zoe is very close too)...

Dr Burch said his research shows psychopaths really exist in business (one in ten!!) created "toxic workplaces" with bullying, manipulation, sexual harassment, lying and fiddling the books.

"We all come across people at work from time to time who are difficult, devious and troublesome," Dr Burch said.

Dr Burch said most people with personalities generally fitting under the 'psychopathic umbrella' do not commit obvious crime and are not imprisoned or hospitalised, but function within normal society - often with apparent success and the respect of their bosses.

However, workplace psychopaths are generally highly destructive and manipulative individuals with "dark sides" who have no remorse for their actions, which can result in a range of serious issues for organisations and the people within them, Dr Burch says.

And they're making you ill, he said.

Victims suffered insomnia, depression, were more prone to heart attacks and could even be traumatised to the point of suicide.

"Unrelenting stress from a toxic workplace causes anxiety and clinical depression in 30 percent of female and 20 percent of male targets, according to international research. The risk of cardiovascular disease is 30 percent more likely when workers believe their workplace is unjust...."

Best Regards,

DINESH R MAKWANA (INORBITS AND DREAMWORDS)

......Dinesh, hideously brilliant, hideously bright and love it!

There's a lot of twitter links - why not simply publish a selection here?

Strange question but the guy who sold them the big brass things looked really familiar. Does anyone know if he has been on tv before? Maybe on reality tv like shipwrecked? It's driving me and my hubby mad! Thanks to anyone who can help, Loving the show.

Gosh, Sugar as a boss! as for the old "you,ve fired" bit! OK he,s done well, but as for encouraging youngsters, well, make your own minds up on that one? glad I worked outside the sugar empire

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Dinesh, absolutely brilliant piece about bullying in the workplace. It DOES happen, I suspect more widely than most would care to admit, and unfortunately the perpetrators are often in positions of at least a little power, which makes it all the harder for their victims to deal with it properly. Any chance of getting this Dr Burch in the boardroom? That would be interesting...

In this episode contestants were shown raiding a skip for scrap metal. Is that not unlawful? Surely the skip hire company who provided that skip rely just as much on generating money from the rubbish they collect as the Apprentices did - more in fact as it really is their livelihood and not just some television programme. I would be interested to hear views from members of the skip hire industry on that point.