Yup. There is a group of folks who fit the management consultant profile, and as you say, they can add value if well policed and in the right place. There is

Yup. There is a group of folks who fit the management consultant profile, and as you say, they can add value if well policed and in the right place. There is also a group generated by the "red queen" characteristics of corporate life. These are the folks who are optimised to appeal to seniors with polish and politics, but who have no real bottom. I've only seen a few of them rise up (and not to the very top) it's not good to be around them when the reckoning comes.... Peacocks don't do well round foxes.