At one point a couple of years back, my business was receiving near-daily contacts from digital marketing companies eager to sell me their valuable services.
Mckinsey, Gartner, Deloitte and the other brand name management consulting shops have done very, very well by providing managers and executives in the GoC with a perfect way to dodge accountability for major decisions. Nobody ever got castigated or had their performance pay held back by buying and implementing the tech or following the guidance recommended by Big Consulting.
Let's remember that very often consultants are hired by a manager or DG to tell the board what the manager or DG already thinks. I don't know what the performance metric to show that might be.
100% true. I've seen many Gartner engagements start with documenting what the manager, director, or DG wants the conclusion to be. The bullets on the last slide get written first.
Mckinsey, Gartner, Deloitte and the other brand name management consulting shops have done very, very well by providing managers and executives in the GoC with a perfect way to dodge accountability for major decisions. Nobody ever got castigated or had their performance pay held back by buying and implementing the tech or following the guidance recommended by Big Consulting.
Let's remember that very often consultants are hired by a manager or DG to tell the board what the manager or DG already thinks. I don't know what the performance metric to show that might be.
100% true. I've seen many Gartner engagements start with documenting what the manager, director, or DG wants the conclusion to be. The bullets on the last slide get written first.