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 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 ...

Peter is credited with creating a management concept that bears his name: “The Peter Principle.” Simply stated, it posits that people tend to be promoted to a level above their competence.