You don't tell them better ways to do their jobs, you tell them what they want to hear and provide political cover for them to do what they wanted to do anyway.

You don't tell them better ways to do their jobs, you tell them what they want to hear and provide political cover for them to do what they wanted to do anyway. If you're a CEO and you want to make a change, consultants will sell you data and benchmarks and best practices to back you up when you need to sell it to the rest of the execs and the board.