In this episode of The Thinking Leader, Bryce Hoffman and Marcus Dimbleby discuss a post Marcus did that went viral about how ineffective consultants tend to be. 

Bryce highlights the situations where you should or shouldn’t hire consultants and argues the fact that you shouldn’t outsource thinking. Your employees have all the answers you need, and Marcus knows first hand that consultants do not have the right level of knowledge in order to solve your problems. 

In this episode Bryce & Marcus discuss:

• How hiring people who make their living by booking billable hours is a surefire way to slow down decision making.
• Why your own employees are the ones who know the answers – not expensive outside consultants.
• How consultants recycle and repurpose old information to create cookie-cutter solutions that solve nothing except their own cash flow problems.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

MARCUS’ POST

BRYCE’S POST

More on consultancies: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/06/business/uk-big-4-accountancy-firms-frc/index.html

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Bestselling business author Bryce Hoffman and agility expert Marcus Dimbleby talk about decision making, strategy, resilience and leadership with some of the world’s best CEOs, cognitive scientists, writers, and thinkers in this weekly podcast. Each episode offers new ideas and insights you can use to become a better leader and a better thinker – because bad leaders react, good leaders plan, and great leaders think!