Who's your David Brent?

For any of us who work in an office I reckon we must all at least have one David Brent from The Office.

I know one and I'm not sure whether he's where Ricky Gervais got his inspiration from or even worse if my one was inspired by Ricky Gervais.

He's the epitome of everything anal about the not so fictional character right down the use of consultancy buzz words, crap dancing and verbal faux pas, jeez he even looks like one!

You always know he's had a meeting with a new batch of consultants as he immediately starts using all their latest verbal diarrhoea and adages that they tend spout under some misguided delusion that he's "happening" in the world of management consultancy.

The problem is the only people who understand this total and utter cack is other management consultants so basically nobody ever has a clue what he's blubbering on about thus making him the worst manager in existence.

He on the other hand, being the poor misguided fool that he is, thinks that because nobody understands him he is either:

1. Operating on a higher intellectual plane than everyone else.


2. Needing to go on even more management consultancy training courses.


3. Needing to employ more management consultants to tell him how to manage.

In fact all he really has to do is is to tell all his consultant buddies to "get to f" and take the inspirational leadership book that's permamently wedged up his arse and burn it.