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Great post, Andy.
You have described our situation to a tee. Unfortunately for us, our Consultant comes in for a day every 5 to 6 weeks. This will go on until we achieved certification. Unless, he walks. The homework assignments are structured so that we hit all sections of the standard in the course of a year. Problem? The homework I’m assigned gets done. Very little input by others. We average about 7/8 assignments per session. The list of assignments that are still outstanding number 22. We’re going backwards. The Consultant sees it. He politely reminds everybody these things are important and they have to get done if we are to follow our Milestone Plan. For that whole day, everybody is on the same page. Each one demonstrating their profound knowledge of the Standard and, generally blowing smoke. When the Consultant leaves, back to business as usual. CEO pep talks, Steering Committee promises to seriously attack the growing list of assignments and Training Presentations with accent on employee involvement, doesn’t mean a thing. It will take a strong, disciplined Top Manager who knows it will not happen until everybody pitches in, to take the reins on our ISO effort. As we have a new company president coming here in about three weeks, maybe I’ll get lucky. As my boss, he must know the status of our ISO effort. Right? He will hear what I posted here and a lot more. I have my fingers crossed. A Consultant, I feel, is powerless in some cases to get non-believers to believe. Ours finally got paid and now just gets expenses to come here. I get the feeling that he would rather be somewhere else and can’t say that I blame him.

Great post, Andy.
You have described our situation to a tee. Unfortunately for us, our Consultant comes in for a day every 5 to 6 weeks. This will go on until we achieved certification. Unless, he walks. The homework assignments are structured so that we hit all sections of the standard in the course of a year. Problem? The homework I’m assigned gets done. Very little input by others. We average about 7/8 assignments per session. The list of assignments that are still outstanding number 22. We’re going backwards. The Consultant sees it. He politely reminds everybody these things are important and they have to get done if we are to follow our Milestone Plan. For that whole day, everybody is on the same page. Each one demonstrating their profound knowledge of the Standard and, generally blowing smoke. When the Consultant leaves, back to business as usual. CEO pep talks, Steering Committee promises to seriously attack the growing list of assignments and Training Presentations with accent on employee involvement, doesn’t mean a thing. It will take a strong, disciplined Top Manager who knows it will not happen until everybody pitches in, to take the reins on our ISO effort. As we have a new company president coming here in about three weeks, maybe I’ll get lucky. As my boss, he must know the status of our ISO effort. Right? He will hear what I posted here and a lot more. I have my fingers crossed. A Consultant, I feel, is powerless in some cases to get non-believers to believe. Ours finally got paid and now just gets expenses to come here. I get the feeling that he would rather be somewhere else and can’t say that I blame him.

You can say, well you're part of the problem if you aren't the answer. True. But, that's how I have stayed gainfully employed. Unfortunately, it's a little late in my career for another move. And, the few moves I have made, it's the same old thing. We just have to keep banging away, hoping for the best.