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Big Box Consulting’s Obsession with Critiquing Management

Big Box Consulting Firm articles are always insightful and interesting. Usually filled with relevant data points and research that complements our Proudfoot boots on the ground consulting experiences and research. But occasionally, the Big Box articles provide more incite and rile than interest. That was the case with an article on ‘employee purpose’ I read this weekend.

If there is one thing the pandemic has taught us it’s that people can change in the beat of a heart — people at every level. It also taught us that we need to bring more heart to our businesses. Few would argue that. People don’t just want it, they need it. And from our (Proudfoot) experience with clients, even fewer businesses were let down by their people during these unprecedented, unpredictable times. People stepped up (again at every level) to make change happen, and swiftly. There are so many lessons to be learned from this past year to help us perform better in the coming year(s).

But. If there is also one thing I’ve learned (and it has started to cheese me off) — some (not all) Big Box Consulting Firms are spending too much time making jabs at management. They write of “short sighted managers” and they give reasons for…