A job promotion is usually considered a good thing, but every promotion comes with a hidden dark side. It's called the Peter Principle, and when it erupts it can wreak havoc on departments, personnel ...

Why it’s too late to do something about it. Stepping down from management to line positions is hard, if not impossible, for several reasons: Because you would have to admit to failure. Nobody wants to ...

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 ...

Workers with a strong sales record were likely to be promoted into managerial positions, yet they tended to be worse at managerial jobs than those... Why Is Your Boss Bad At His Job? It May Be The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laurence J. Peter, seen here in a 1984 interview with CBC News, was the co-author of the 1969 best-seller The Peter Principle, ...

The Peter Principle suggests leaders rise to their level of incompetence. But what if the real problem isn't that they've reached their capability ceiling, but that they haven't rehearsed enough for ...

Every organization has built-in forces leading it toward incompetence and inefficiency. No matter how carefully you put your business together, the influences described by Laurence J. Peter, Raymond ...

Principle named after B.C. educator was created as satire but has long been part of business lexicon Outside Vancouver's Metro Theatre is a plaque commemorating a play that at least two people thought ...