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How to Prevent Your Talent From Falling Victim to The Peter Principle

Posted by Jeffrey Meyers on Thu, Nov 10, 2011
  
  
  
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Don’t Gamble That Your Top Performers Will Succeed in Their New Roles

It’s been more than four decades since Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull articulated the talent management blunder known as “The Peter Principle.” Their book provided a comical view of organizational hierarchies that explains why incompetent people are promoted into positions for which they aren’t suited. The trouble is, when you work for that person (or are that person), it isn’t funny. How can you avoid falling victim to The Peter Principle?

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