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Business Rule #43:
Look for the Win-Win
December 15, 2005
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So when it came down to it, it was hard not to see Randal as the clear winner on this fundraising task with his $11,000 to Rebecca’s $0. Regardless of everything else she did right—and he did wrong—Donald Trump couldn’t be expected to ignore the financial scorecard. And he didn’t. Randal won.
Still, Trump clearly was interested in hiring both finalists and asked each of them which job they wanted in the event they won. Randal picked the project renovating Trump’s three casinos in Atlantic City, while Rebecca wanted the other New Jersey job, building a luxury condominium. So there would be no job conflict if The Donald were to hire both finalists.
It was looking good for another Apprentice first. By now, we’ve seen two candidates fired in one boardroom many times—and once we’ve even seen four candidates get the can all at once. The so-called rules have been upended constantly. The only rule is that there are no rules. It would have been right in line with this season’s trend to hire two people.
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But nooooo. Donald Trump asked Randal if he should also hire Rebecca—and Randal was simply unwilling to share the spotlight. It was a slap in his employer’s face. Randal’s first act as an employee of The Trump Organization was to tell Trump no. Is that anyway to be grateful for a job?
What a shame. Nothing could have tarnished Randal’s victory more than his selfish need to be the only winner. Randal couldn’t do both jobs, yet he just didn’t want to share the “title” of The Apprentice with Rebecca. Randal was recognized as the ultimate winner and would still have gotten everything that was coming to him. A more secure person wouldn’t have been so threatened by the prospect that another qualified candidate might also land a job.
Only one of the candidates came out a winner in my eyes this season, and it wasn’t Randal Pinkett. He could have had a win-win on his hands, but instead he revealed himself on national television to be someone who is selfish and small and almost assuredly suffers from low self-esteem. That's unfortunate. Rebecca Jarvis, who graciously weathered this slight, for me prevailed as the true winner.
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Trump clearly was interested in hiring both finalists.
