I get a kick out of the ability of consultants to keep themselves employed.
Before I go much farther, I need to clarify. I work with a consultant on a regular basis. He is with our company for the long haul and is a great deal of help in an area where an outside voice is more easily accepted. And… it is not outside of the realm of possibilities, that he reads this Blog
I am not talking about that type of consultant (I love you man…). I am talking about the “Fly-em-in-for-a-one-day-boot-camp” type. The “Motivational Speaker” type. The kind who gives the company all sorts of valuable tips on how they can change their “strategic focus” or “Purposed visioncast” and then catch the 4:18 flight back to wherever they came from.
I have seen a formula for success with these folks and it goes something like this:
1 – Establish what the biggest fad in the industry currently is
2 – Bash that fad to tiny little bits…
3 – Tell us how it should be
4 – Tell everyone how it should be.
5 – “How it should be” now becomes the biggest fad in the industry.
6 – Come back 4 years later and bash THAT fad.
It really is some great job security.
In fact, I think I am on to something here
I think I need to tell everyone about it.
I think I need to become a consultant.