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> Or they are so myopic that they need outside help to find solutions they are not bothering to look for. Anybody in charge for long enough loses the muscle of
by dirtybirdnj 4y ago
> Or they are so myopic that they need outside help to find solutions they are not bothering to look for.
Anybody in charge for long enough loses the muscle of being able to accept questions or criticism. You buried the lede.
In a way it's sad when they've hired consultants because they at some level acknowledge they need help, but when it comes to looking at their own actions or behaviors nothing is wrong or needs fixing.
Which one is it, do you need help or not? If you don't need help and know it all why are the consultants here?
- legitster 4y agoTo give a bit of defense to consultants, there are a lot of parallels between hiring a consultant for a business and a therapist for yourself. Both are expensive in their own ways. And both focus on helping you help yourself with your own resources. I wouldn't think of you as an idiot for admitting you needed help to look at your own actions or choices. But I think the difference is that you can't just fix yourself by swapping out pieces of your brain, but a business can! Why would you keep around executives or teams that need constant, regular intervention?
- dragonwriter 4y ago> Anybody in charge for long enough loses the muscle of being able to accept questions or criticism. Perhaps, but more importantly anyone inclined to accept questions or criticism rather than assuring that they get credit for success and someone else gets blame for failure just doesn’t get to be in charge at all, because they end up getting stuck with the blame for other people’s failure while the credit for their success is stolen.