GENERALISTS TRUMP SPECIALISTS IN TODAY’S PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE In fact, the pursuit of perfection is the enemy. That’s even true on a professional level. The current professional landscape values generalists over specialists. Change occurs quickly. Skills that are valued today are obsolete tomorrow. Managers can’t just be good at managing a certain function; they need to be good leaders. Employees can’t just be good at performing a certain function; they need to embrace an entrepreneurial mind-set and constantly reinvent themselves. When specific knowledge is more and more a commodity—and it
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