A self-proclaimed expert that extorts inflated fees from a host company in return for vague and predominently incorrect business
advice.
The successful consultant detaches from its host at the exact
moment its parasitic qualities are discovered by upper management. Thus, the successful consultant'
s term of engagement will last from months to years, until a mildly attentive decision-maker realizes that their burning ray of hope is all talk. Note that some middle managers and all other employees of the host will immediately recognize the consultant as a pathogen.
In order to gain
access to a viable host, the consultant preys upon upper managements' lack of job expertise and unrealisistic dreams of grandure. By using a string of
buzz-words and metaphors that appear as incoherent babble to most
humans, the consultant will usually succeed in gaining an assignment to fix a
non-existant problem purportedly caused by the host's employees.
"The consultant
said that, once he has some free band-width, he will interface with his vast array of important contacts, leverage some syergies, and bring
us up to
speed with the rest of the industry.....No, really, those were his exact words."
