Incompetence personified defines our current leader of the free world. Back in 1969, Peter and Hull wrote what they thought was a half-serious little book, The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go ...

In the 1960s, there was a professor and business analyst named Lawrence J. Peter. He became famous for coming up with something called the Peter Principle. The informal way to describe it was this: In ...

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 ...

THE PETER (BUTTIGIEG) PRINCIPLE. In the 1960s, there was a professor and business analyst named Laurence J. Peter. He became famous for coming up with something called the Peter Principle. The ...

It’s the famous (or infamous) theory that within organizations, people tend to rise to their level of incompetence. Folks get promoted based on a good attitude, loyalty, a strong work ethic, etc., ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rodd Wagner is a Minneapolis-based writer who covers worker happiness. It’s not clear just how much Laurence J. Peter was joking ...

The “Peter Principle” was formulated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull in their 1969 book The Peter Principle, a humorous treatise. In simple terms it states that in a typical business, ...

We’ve all seen or borne the burden of working for a person who seems utterly incompetent. You want to give the guy the benefit of the doubt and make excuses for him. As time goes by, you can’t defend ...

“The Peter Principle,” by Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull, caught the attention of many when it was published in 1969. Its premise is that employees are promoted based on their success in previous ...

Outside Vancouver's Metro Theatre is a plaque commemorating a play that at least two people thought was terrible. It describes how writer Raymond Hull was complaining about the atrocious production he ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Laurence J. Peter had perhaps one of the most succinct and insightful observations in the world: People rise to their level of ...