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The Peter Principle

Why Things Always Go Wrong

Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull

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Chapter Overview

Description

The Peter Principle (1969) explains why you feel like you’re surrounded by incompetence at work – you are! This wry book reveals promotions for what they really are: a progression to our final level of incompetence. These blinks help us understand how corporate hierarchies really function, as well as offering advice on how to deal with our own incompetence.

Who Should Listen

  • Anyone wondering why they’re surrounded by people who can’t do their job
  • People with dry humor
  • Those interested in how hierarchies really work

About the Authors

Laurence J. Peter has worked as a counselor, school psychologist, prison instructor, consultant, professor and writer. Raymond Hull wrote stage plays as well as articles for Esquire, Punch, Maclean’s, among other publications.