'The Apprentice': What Skills Are Key?

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Millions of viewers will tune into NBC on April 15 to hear the Donald utter these two words to one savvy job seeker on his hit reality show The Apprentice.

Will it be Kwame Jackson or Bill Rancic? And why? What will be going through Trump's coiffed head when he hands down that final decision?

Leading psychologists and management professionals all have their own ideas on who will win the $250,000-a-year dream job at one of Trump's companies and why. Here's what they had to say:

While Trump certainly doesn't scoff at an MBA degree or experience with a top Wall Street firm, emotional intelligence is the key to winning, says Muriel T. Anderson, a leadership professor at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine in Buffalo, N.Y. She teaches the School of Management's Leadership PACE (Personal Achievement through Competency Evaluation) program, which helps master's students identify their personal limitations and develop a plan to overcome them.

"Emotional intelligence is basically how effectively we deal with our own emotions as well as with others' emotions," she explains. "Do we know our limitations? Our strengths? Our weaknesses? Do we understand the effect our behavior has on others?"

Studies have shown that the managers who set themselves apart from the fray have more than just a high IQ, they also have a high emotional intelligence, she says.

Need more proof that emotional intelligence is key on The Apprentice?

On the show, 11 of the 12 candidates who were fired got the can because of a lack of emotional intelligence, she says. "Trump said to Heidi [Bressler], 'You have an edge that drives people nuts,' and as far as Omarosa [Manigault-Stallworth] goes, he didn't like her rude behavior or lack of social skills. Ereka [Vetrini] let her emotions rule her, and Tammy [Lee] was disloyal," she says.

People with high emotional intelligence, however, "are the ones that are able to motivate others, show a high level of initiative, set and reach goals, and are true team players," she explains. "They influence others without them even realizing that they are being influenced."

So who should land the dream job?

"For the longest time, I was rooting for Amy [Henry] because I felt that she was able to build strong bonds with team members, didn't get sucked into cat fights, tried to be the peacemaker, and under the stressful situations kept her emotions in check and developed good relationships with clients," Anderson says.

But Anderson was worried that Amy's emotions would show with a romance [with another candidate], so "I am now leaning toward Bill," she says.

"Bill may be the one that will shine as he has been getting along with the others and has the background that Donald Trump is wanting to see -- good education, polish, and people skills," she predicts.