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 ...

Everyone's heard of the Peter Principle - that employees tend to rise to their level of incompetence - a concept that walks that all-too-fine line between humor and reality. We've all seen it in ...

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 ...

(Reuters) - The idea that people succeed at work up to the point at which they are no longer much good apparently applies to fund managers too. A new study bears out the truth in asset management of ...

Have you ever looked at your boss and wondered "Who promoted you?" or "How have you not been fired by now?" If you have, take comfort in knowing you're not alone -- many of us have to deal with bosses ...

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 ...

Day 10: Avoid the "Peter Principle." This post is part of Forbes’ Career Challenge: Position Yourself For A Promotion In 15 Days. Every additional year I spend in the workforce, I realize promotions ...