When you hire a consultant, you're not supposed to be just hiring someone to do your "dirtywork." Hire a "dirtywork" company for that stuff. When you hire a consultant, you're hiring someone to consult with you -- hence the consult-ant. They consult because they have the knowledge and skills that you and your company may not have internally.
Sometimes, though, the consultant company is geared too much to just doing the "dirtywork" -- whatever that may be that the company wants, despite their best judgement -- and not sharing, or on occasion, enforcing the right thing to do. I'm sure that you've run across a company like this one that caves to the whim of a demanding, though uninformed, client...
The true skill and talent of a consultant is knowing when to say STOP! even if it's not what the client wants to hear. A consultant's job is to use their knowledge and skills in the best interest of the client, not just bow to their uneducated demands if it will be detrimental in the long run.
Am I off-base here? Watch the video to see how far this can go if not checked...
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