The Inherent Lunacies of Human Resources Departments in Consulting Firms

Do you remember May 2009?

A lawyer in Victoria (BC, Canada was appointed to investigate the British Columbia College of Teachers (BCCT) after several complaints that the Teacher's Union had hijacked the BCCT and tried to conserve or even reduce standards while demanding higher wages and better and benefits for teachers.

Some years ago BCCT tried to toughen up continuing professional development for teachers but the union stepped in saying BCCT has no right to demand higher level of competency form teachers, and teachers have the right to perform at any damn level they feel like.

So, BCCT wants to increase the standards for teachers and education in general, but the Teacher's Union, as all unions do, want to keep standards as low as possible.

And this is the exact battle I see in so many consulting firms between the C-level executives and HR departments.

HR departments keep hiring people, as per HR Best Practice, with impressive resumes, amazing references and recommendations, but C-level executives keep crying for people who can actually do the work.

And this is what we discuss this month's brain-fryingly exciting episode of Commando Consulting, entitled, "The Inherent Lunacies of Human Resources Departments in Consulting Firms"...