lyloo a écrit :
CONSULTANT : Se dit de celui qui consulte ta montre, te dit l'heure, et
te fait payer la prestation.
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Une vision interessante sur cette "moquerie" usuelle du consultant. C'est en anglais, desole pour ceux que ca gene, mais je n'ai pas envie de me taper une traduction:
If you listen closely, sooner or later you will hear this definition of a consultant:
A consultant is someone who comes in, borrows your watch, and tells you what time it is, keeps the watch, and charges you an exorbitant fee.
Many view that definition as a put-down of consultants. I do not. Here's why.
A consultant is usually outside the client organization, hence the "someone who comes in" portion of the preceding definition. Consultants learn about their clients from observing them and it is what they learn about their clients that they eventually share with their clients. This accounts for the portion of the definition pertaining to "borrows your watch" and "tells you what time it is." Consultants also retain what they learn, thus "keeps the watch."
And what about "charges you an exorbitant fee"? Well, for me, that portion of the definition refers to the fact that people who can't see what's right in front of them typically downplay the value of those who succeed in getting them to see those matters. It is as though they are saying, "I should have seen that all along, so I resent having to pay your fee for pointing it out to me."
A consultant, then, is someone who helps others profit or learn from their own experience. A really good consultant also helps clients see the value of their experience and so the fees are rarely seen as "exorbitant."
Source: http://consultingparlour.blogspot.com/
Message édité par Oski le 20-02-2006 à 15:06:16