The Peter Principle

The Book Lawrence J. Peter & Raymond Hull (1969)

The Peter Principle "In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence."

Peter’s Corollaries:  “In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out their duties“  “Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence“

Solutions Assessing management skills Training “Managing upward” “Up or out” policy “Kicking a person upstairs” => “The Dilbert Principle”

Dilbert © Scott Adams

The Original Dilbert Principle

The Dilbert Principle “ Leadership is nature's way of removing morons from the productive flow"

Conclusion Career choices… Take them seriously!