The third season of Celebrity Apprentice featured 14-16 celebrity candidates competing to become Donald Trump's "Best Business Brain" and win $250,000 for their chosen charity. Bret Michaels stood out as the most relevant contestant, becoming the eventual winner by demonstrating strong leadership, trusting his teammates, taking chances as project manager, and not misleading others. While some candidates undermined each other through sabotage, Michaels built effective teamwork by utilizing strengths and communicating productively.

1. Jeffrey Marsh Brad Parker Justin Brunson SEASON 9 (3rdInstallment of Celebrity Apprentice)

2. CELEBRITY APPRENTICE The Celebrity Apprentice is a special installment of the hit show The Apprentice, where celebrities compete to become Donald Trump’s “Best Business Brain” Each candidate chooses a charity and plays to raise money for that charity as the game goes on Typically between 14-16 celebrity candidates in competition Winner gets an extra $250,000 to give to his/her charity

3. Ways to NOT Communicate TONE BODY LANGUAGE Avoid Aggressive Tones This may make you look controlling, and even could intimidate team members Avoid Negative Body Language Eye Rolling Folding Arms Squinting Eyes WORD CHOICE Watch how you talk to and describe your other teammates You do not want to come off as being offensive

4. Ways TO Communicate Try to use positive hand gestures when speaking If feeling pressured, do not cave…just stay calm, and do not take frustrations out on others Try to give off and uplifting tone, especially the Project Manager Always Keep Eye Contact Keep Good Body Language (Stand and Sit Straight Up) Keep Word Choice Simple!

5. Most Relevant The Most Relevant cast member from the third installment of Celebrity Apprentice was… BretMichaels

6. Bret Michaels Bret Michaels became the most relevant player throughout the season, and later became the eventual winner What Made Bret Michaels the strongest and most relevant contestant? Team Player Understanding of other teammates Listened to others ideas Gave constructive criticism when needed Great Leader Was Trusted by his Teammates He Trusted his Teammates to Get Every Job Done Was Never Afraid to Take Chances Bret Michaels was Project Manager three times, and won all three times

7. Teamwork! There was many different ways that the Celebrity Apprentice contestants built team work On the first episode Donald Trump split the teams up by gender… Men’s Team was named “Rocksolid” Women’s Team was named “Tenacity” Both Teams Found Productive Ways To Build Effective Teamwork Utilizing Each Members Strengths Built Trust Within Each Team, And With Each Project Manager Found Best Ways To Communicate With Each Other Effectively Figured Out How To Motivate Every Single Employee

8. Destructive Things That Undermined One’s Ability to Become Relevant There was both subtle and blatant things done to destroy some contestants ability to become relevant:

9. Misleading Others Misleading People Is Never A Good Idea Misleading others can cause wrong decisions and poor outcomes Bret Michaels Never Mislead Any Of His Team Members Purposely However, if at any point he felt like he may have mislead someone, he was quick to fix the problem Often during this season, team members would try to sabotage others by giving them misleading information in hopes to get them fired

10. Telling The Truth Telling The Truth Depends On Each Situation If the person is strong-willed, and able to take criticism, then yes you could tell them the truth no matter what The truth should be told in a sensitive way no matter the situation because you do not want to hurt someone's feelings who you may be working with in the future Donald Trump always tells the truth no matter the situation…if he believes someone messed up, then he is not afraid to tell it like it is

11. Our Team vs. Celebrity Apprentice There are a lot of similarities between our team in class, and the teams on Celebrity Apprentice When we have tasks that are needed to be done, we each throw ideas out and figure out which is the best We are not afraid to tell each other that certain ideas may not be best Everyone gets the job done when the man in charge delegates what to do We have had cases of miscommunication, but that happens often with any team

12. What We Learned We have learned a lot during this project and during the course of this class Everybody Leads In Their Own Unique Ways Everybody is different and we have to adjust to their thoughts and ideas It’s not worth it to try and backstab your teammates because it ends up biting you in the end Sometimes its hard to get a team to work together, but when you find out how to mesh, the outcome can be brilliant