Top 10 Peter Principle–Related Concepts
1. Promotion Based on Past Performance People are promoted because they performed well in their current role , not because they are suited for the next role . 2. Rise Until Incompetence Employees continue to be promoted until they reach a position where they are no longer competent —and then remain stuck there. 3. Hierarchical Accumulation of Incompetence Over time, many positions in an organization become filled by people not fully capable of performing them effectively . 4. Work Done by the Competent Minority Actual productive work is often carried out by employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence . 5. Super-Competence Can Be Punished Extremely capable people may be seen as threats to hierarchy and therefore not promoted—or sidelined. 6. Creative Incompetence (Avoiding Promotion) Some employees deliberately appear less competent to avoid promotion into roles they don’t want. 7. Final Placement Syndrome Once someone reaches their incompetence l...