Incompetence personified defines our current leader of the free world. Back in 1969, Peter and Hull wrote what they thought was a half-serious little book, The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go ...

IMGCAP(1)]You're most likely familiar with the concept of the Peter Principle, which describes how people get promoted to a level just above their level of competence. That it has a name suggests how ...

It’s the famous (or infamous) theory that within organizations, people tend to rise to their level of incompetence. Folks get promoted based on a good attitude, loyalty, a strong work ethic, etc., ...

THE PETER (BUTTIGIEG) PRINCIPLE. In the 1960s, there was a professor and business analyst named Laurence J. Peter. He became famous for coming up with something called the Peter Principle. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rodd Wagner is a Minneapolis-based writer who covers worker happiness. It’s not clear just how much Laurence J. Peter was joking ...

“The Peter Principle,” by Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull, caught the attention of many when it was published in 1969. Its premise is that employees are promoted based on their success in previous ...

The “Peter Principle” was formulated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull in their 1969 book The Peter Principle, a humorous treatise. In simple terms it states that in a typical business, ...

Outside Vancouver's Metro Theatre is a plaque commemorating a play that at least two people thought was terrible. It describes how writer Raymond Hull was complaining about the atrocious production he ...

Day 10: Avoid the "Peter Principle." This post is part of Forbes’ Career Challenge: Position Yourself For A Promotion In 15 Days. Every additional year I spend in the workforce, I realize promotions ...

Don’t promote someone until you’ve given them one or more parts of the job for a time to see how they do under close supervision. Don’t promote someone until you’ve given them one or more parts of the ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Laurence J. Peter had perhaps one of the most succinct and insightful observations in the world: People rise to their level of ...