While good managers have always been required to be analytical, the level of analytical ability being asked of managers has been going up over the years, with the increase in availability of data. Now, this post is once again based on that one single and familiar data point – my wife. In fact, if you…
Generalist and specialist managers
A really long time ago, I’d written this blog post about “comparative advantage” versus “competitive advantage” employees. A competitive advantage employee is better at a particular kind of task or skill compared to the rest of the team, and he is valued for that kind of skill. A comparative advantage employee, on the other hand,…