Last year I hired a manager for one of my companies.
We agreed on goals and he started to work on them.
Checking P&L later it became obvious that business is growing.
Which is fine. One thing though was apparent as well.
All other items in P&L started to grow as well.
People cost, food cost, CAPEX, operations.
As a result our margins went down and we started to lose money behind this growth.

At that moment I have realised that this manager belongs to the group
I call “more for more“.

These people will achieve more, if you give them more.
Give me more people, give me more resources and I will deliver more.
Not kind of people you should be looking for.

Second group would give you “more for same“. Much better than the one above.
Finding new opportunities, improve effectivity, get more out of what is already available.

Group number three is my favourite. “more for less“.
This is kind of people I am looking for and so should you.
Very scarce to find, but there are some, so keep looking.

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