Quote by Isabel De Clercq

In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

— Laurence J. Peter

“Employees in a hierarchy do not really object to incompetence (Peter’s Paradox): they merely gossip about incompetence to mask their envy of employees who…

— Laurence J. Peter

“Unfortunately, in a hierarchical structure, power relationships tend to determine the content; there is always the danger that a "rank-based" logic will prevail. Managers,…

— John Médaille

The single hardest part of leading any organization is knowing what is going on. There's too much noise in the system, too much complexity:…

— Margaret Heffernan

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ... in time every post tends to be occupied by an…

— Laurence J. Peter

I think most people can identify with the hierarchy of the workplace.

— Simon Baker

“in most hierarchies, super-competence is more objectionable than incompetence.” He warned that extremely skilled and productive employees often face criticism, and are fired if…

— Laurence J. Peter

“It is a principle that, curiously, many top-level managers in the service often failed to grasp. In a truly efficient organization, the allocation of…

— Christopher David Costanzo

“It may not seem this way at first, but your workplace is actually built on a well-ordered system of individuals and groups with defined…

— Martin Fossum

“The challenge of running a business is that you have to assemble subordinates and literally treat them like they are below you. Because in…

— Anje Kruger

“Hierarchy means very little to me. Let’s put together in meetings the people who can help solve a problem, regardless of position.”

— Carol S. Dweck

“Here’s what turns a successful hierarchy into one that impedes progress: when too many people begin, subconsciously, to equate their own value and that…

— Ed Catmull