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!