Kerry Patterson, said that as strange as this may sound, you can actually learn a great deal about leadership from Donald Trump and Martha Stewart’s “Apprentice” shows.

The circumstances they’ve created on their shows are ideal for spotting both good and bad leadership. Imagine that you work for a company where they force you to invent, produce and sell a product you most likely know nothing about — and do it within just a few days. And all the while everyone is clambering over each other like castaways on a crowded life raft — someone is going to be thrown overboard at the end of the shift if their team doesn’t win.

As it turns out, these unrealistic circumstances surface a variety of behaviors that are quite helpful in selecting who might one day make a good leader. Mostly the leaders and contestants demonstrate what not to do, but you can learn from these errors as well.

As you observe the highly opinionated leaders and the tortured contestants, here are five things you should learn not to do if you want to be an effective leader:

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Five Lessons from Donald and Martha’s Apprentices