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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 155155" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>I read a post once by a guy who worked as a business consultant. He would be hired at high pay to come in and talk to the workers about what they were doing and how they did it. They invariably knew what all the problems were, of course, and usually had decent ideas about how to address them. Then he would write up a report and take it up stairs, all the while wondering why the managers didn't go down and talk to the workers themselves. Finally, he went to one meeting where he was supposed to deliver his report and the management guys (it was just guys) had invited one of the senior workers to the meeting. He was relieved; finally, he could sit there and listen to the one person in the room with experience in the firm's work and agree with him. Perhaps the management would then see the error of their ways.</p><p></p><p>No. They asked the worker for his opinions (which directly tracked the consultant's recs, btw) and the consultant looked around the table. There were exaggerated expressions of contempt and boredom on the managers's faces; they were obviously put out that they had to listen to someone who did the company's actual work. That wasn't <em>really important</em> management stuff.</p><p></p><p>It was then that it hit him. His job wasn't to give a fresh outside look at the company; it was to preserve the managers's status as decision-makers and to keep information about what the company wanted to do next from its employees. And that, he suddenly realized, was a major problem at virtually every company he consulted for. The companies that had a solid grasp of what they were doing and involved everybody in real teamwork <em>didn't need him and never hired him.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>That is what we had last year: a football team that didn't need consultants. Let's hope we can continue the roll.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 155155, member: 265"] I read a post once by a guy who worked as a business consultant. He would be hired at high pay to come in and talk to the workers about what they were doing and how they did it. They invariably knew what all the problems were, of course, and usually had decent ideas about how to address them. Then he would write up a report and take it up stairs, all the while wondering why the managers didn't go down and talk to the workers themselves. Finally, he went to one meeting where he was supposed to deliver his report and the management guys (it was just guys) had invited one of the senior workers to the meeting. He was relieved; finally, he could sit there and listen to the one person in the room with experience in the firm's work and agree with him. Perhaps the management would then see the error of their ways. No. They asked the worker for his opinions (which directly tracked the consultant's recs, btw) and the consultant looked around the table. There were exaggerated expressions of contempt and boredom on the managers's faces; they were obviously put out that they had to listen to someone who did the company's actual work. That wasn't [I]really important[/I] management stuff. It was then that it hit him. His job wasn't to give a fresh outside look at the company; it was to preserve the managers's status as decision-makers and to keep information about what the company wanted to do next from its employees. And that, he suddenly realized, was a major problem at virtually every company he consulted for. The companies that had a solid grasp of what they were doing and involved everybody in real teamwork [I]didn't need him and never hired him. [/I] That is what we had last year: a football team that didn't need consultants. Let's hope we can continue the roll. [/QUOTE]
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