CEO Misses Management Consulting Cartoon: Easier to advise
- Ravi

- Oct 29, 2025
- 1 min read
Updated: Dec 31, 2025

The Scenario In this CEO misses management consulting cartoon, we see the moment a leader realizes that the grass isn't always greener in the corner office.
While consultants thrive on giving advice, CEOs must live with the actual outcomes of those decisions.
The cartoon humorously depicts a CEO who would like to step down and return to "McLinkey," admitting that the life of a consultant—where you simply provide recommendations—was significantly easier than the burden of responsibility.
The Observation This piece of workplace satire targets the disconnect between being a critic and being a doer. It asks whether leadership is truly as easy as it looks from the outside or if we are simply better at judging others' actions than performing our own.
When a leader longs for their consulting days, it reveals a fundamental truth about corporate life: it is much simpler to point out the path than it is to walk it while carrying the weight of the entire organization.
Being a CEO is just like being a consultant, except that when the ship starts sinking, you’re actually on the boat.
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