1. The Peter Principle

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

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

4. 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“

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

6. Dilbert © Scott Adams

7. The Original Dilbert Principle

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

9. Conclusion Career choices… Take them seriously!