The Peter Principle states that a person competent in their job will earn a promotion to a position that requires different skills. Executives have been relying on this system in large ...

It was in the mid-1960s that Laurence J. Peter, a young teacher in Canada, wondered why one encounters so many incompetent employees over the course of a career ...

The conversation in the lobby, which occurred sometime in the early-to-mid 1960s, sparked both men's imaginations and ultimately gave birth to their 1969 best-seller The Peter Principle ...