Peter Principle

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Leadership

Foundational Lexiconpromoted to incompetence
Executive Parlanceadvancement failure
Scholarly Discoursehierarchical dysfunction
Babel ZenithPeter Principle
Origin: Laurence Peter

Etymology & Meaning

People rise to their level of incompetence.

In the Boardroom

The star salesperson who fails as sales manager.

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