I have been working in and around HR and L&D since 2001 in various roles in the not-for-profit, commercial and education sectors. Therefore, I have approx 18 years of experience along with holding a Masters degree in Educational Administration.
At different times of my career, I have been considered to be a generalist and a specialist, and for some reason, I have held that being a specialist is higher esteem than a generalist. In fact, I would go so far as to say that I have seen being a ‘generalist’ as negative, not enough. Even now I say I am a specialist but wonder if I am a generalist masquerading as a specialist!
Recently, commentary and research has been presented showing that neither is better than the other, just different and the differences add depth and breadth to a workplace. I look forward to getting my hands on ‘Range‘ by David Epstein to look into this further. But in the meantime, this is a helpful article: https://lnkd.in/darK58x
Finally, this topic also hits on the ideas of contentment, ambition and purpose. If these are held in a healthy perspective then perhaps it wouldn’t matter if I am a generalist or a specialist, but rather that I am being the best version of me.
Andrew Mina 
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