Consultants as CEO/Management

Curious what the consultants here think.

True or false: consultants can be good as hires into top management (CEO/COO or a level down)

Posting this on the consulting board which probably means I can guess what the answer will be, so here’s the follow-up:

How does one identify those that have the potential to make the switch into management? And those that are a lost cause? At what level is there value and enough drive or mental flexibility and hunger for that change to go well?

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