Why? If the decision was made after the show was shot, what difference does it make whether SAS saw potential worth having in Ruth, and hired her too? After all, she's a go-getter, and a good sales person.glitch said:
Or was she hired before the show? If so, it's news to me (not that I pay that much attention anyway).
Best what, though? Ruth was clearly the better sales person, but AS was looking for a company manager, not a sales person. He is, as I understand it, after an apprentice entrepreneur, which means someone that isn't only driven, determined and ambitious, but someone distinctly multi-skilled. Ruth (IMHO) is just too full-on, all the time, for that. At least, during the televised bits of the projects, she didn't show much ability to sit back and check out the forest, because she was busy selling the trees. The full-on aggression Ruth showed is fine, and an asset, providing you can reign it in and only show it when it suits you. Ruth's attitude in the interview task clearly demonstrated an inability to judge situations and people, and act accordingly. A lot of the time, full-on will work in sales, but sometimes it'll put backs up and cost you the deal. And running a company is very different from just selling, whether retail or commercial. I'd hire her as a Sales Manager, maybe even Sales Director (though I'm not sold on that), but not as an MD. She doesn't have the vision or adaptability .... or if she does, she hid it well.glitch said:
