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Author Topic: 0% Villa - Karren Brady receives honorary degree from Birmingham Uni today  (Read 13246 times)

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Re: 0% Villa - Karren Brady receives honorary degree from Birmingham Uni today
« Reply #30 on: December 20, 2010, 10:03:13 AM »
Perhaps she's just good at her job.

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Re: 0% Villa - Karren Brady receives honorary degree from Birmingham Uni today
« Reply #31 on: December 20, 2010, 10:14:30 AM »
I've worked long enough to know that you don't get anywhere by just being 'good at your job'.

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Re: 0% Villa - Karren Brady receives honorary degree from Birmingham Uni today
« Reply #32 on: December 20, 2010, 01:56:20 PM »
True enough.




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Re: 0% Villa - Karren Brady receives honorary degree from Birmingham Uni today
« Reply #33 on: December 20, 2010, 02:03:25 PM »

I drove past her the other day.

She was driving a brand new Range Rover Sport. I was driving a six year old hatchback.

Which is another puzzler. If she's that bad, why do so many companies employ her? There are surely better and equally high-profile Token Women. 

As you go higher up the ladder, it's easier to get away with not being great and/or doing fuck all.  I should know....

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Re: 0% Villa - Karren Brady receives honorary degree from Birmingham Uni today
« Reply #34 on: December 20, 2010, 02:05:26 PM »
Maybe she's got whatever the business world equivalent of the X Factor is. From the few times I've seen her on television or read articles by her, she comes across to me as having little, if any, emotional attachment to whatever product she's dealing with, which I suspect can be an asset.

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Re: 0% Villa - Karren Brady receives honorary degree from Birmingham Uni today
« Reply #35 on: December 20, 2010, 02:37:58 PM »
Why is this a sticky? She's not a honorary Brummie.

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Re: 0% Villa - Karren Brady receives honorary degree from Birmingham Uni today
« Reply #36 on: December 20, 2010, 02:41:37 PM »
Stickied for the craic or what?

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Re: 0% Villa - Karren Brady receives honorary degree from Birmingham Uni today
« Reply #37 on: December 20, 2010, 02:53:49 PM »
It's very difficult to see what Brady has that sets her apart from the rest.  I reckon she might have been okay in the roles she has worked in over the years in as much as she wasn't directing but carrying out orders for her various bosses.  Could she stand on her own without that direction?  I can't see it somehow. 

Still, I can't dislike her too much even in the knowledge that those who have worked for her have referred to her as a right bitch. 

She looks better with her new teeth.

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Re: 0% Villa - Karren Brady receives honorary degree from Birmingham Uni today
« Reply #38 on: December 20, 2010, 04:50:41 PM »
Looks like a little bit of nip and tuck as well as the teeth.

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Re: 0% Villa - Karren Brady receives honorary degree from Birmingham Uni today
« Reply #39 on: December 20, 2010, 04:57:30 PM »
She had some breast augmentation a few years back.

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Re: 0% Villa - Karren Brady receives honorary degree from Birmingham Uni today
« Reply #40 on: December 21, 2010, 11:00:44 AM »
Perhaps she's just good at her job.

let's be honest she was MD of Small heath at what age? 21 or 22

Nothing to do with "favours" given to the dwarf....

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Re: 0% Villa - Karren Brady receives honorary degree from Birmingham Uni today
« Reply #41 on: December 21, 2010, 11:15:50 AM »
Perhaps she's just good at her job.

let's be honest she was MD of Small heath at what age? 21 or 22

Nothing to do with "favours" given to the dwarf....

Yes, she's a woman so that MUST be it. Yaaaaawn.

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Re: 0% Villa - Karren Brady receives honorary degree from Birmingham Uni today
« Reply #42 on: December 21, 2010, 11:26:55 AM »
So how often do you see a 23 year old as the MD of a major company if their dad isn't the owner or they have extra talents on their CV.

In fact I would bet that she is the youngest ever MD (not owner) of a football club.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karren_Brady

Don't try and she she got such a position at 23 because of her "business acumen"


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Re: 0% Villa - Karren Brady receives honorary degree from Birmingham Uni today
« Reply #43 on: December 21, 2010, 11:32:18 AM »
So how often do you see a 23 year old as the MD of a major company if their dad isn't the owner or they have extra talents on their CV.

In fact I would bet that she is the youngest ever MD (not owner) of a football club.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karren_Brady

Don't try and she she got such a position at 23 because of her "business acumen"



It could be for many reasons. It could be her business ability. She could have won the job in a raffle. Personally, I think it's because Sullivan and her dad are close friends.

But no. She's a woman. There can be only one explanation. 

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Re: 0% Villa - Karren Brady receives honorary degree from Birmingham Uni today
« Reply #44 on: December 21, 2010, 11:41:57 AM »
So how often do you see a 23 year old as the MD of a major company if their dad isn't the owner or they have extra talents on their CV.

In fact I would bet that she is the youngest ever MD (not owner) of a football club.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karren_Brady

Don't try and she she got such a position at 23 because of her "business acumen"



It could be for many reasons. It could be her business ability. She could have won the job in a raffle. Personally, I think it's because Sullivan and her dad are close friends.

But no. She's a woman. There can be only one explanation. 

What? She makes a good brew?

I actually quite like her. She seems pretty switched on and Alan Sugar seems to think she always drove a hard deal. Also I find her quite attractive in her own way. sorry
« Last Edit: December 21, 2010, 11:50:16 AM by irreverent ad »

 


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