Quote by Laurence J. Peter

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

— Laurence J. Peter

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

Peter's Principle: In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence.

— Laurence J. Peter

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

— Laurence J. Peter

Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Executives also owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs. It may not be…

— Harvard Business School Press

“Disengaged employees are an unfortunate reality in the workplace, and poor leadership is often to blame.”

— W. Chan Kim

The flatter the corporate hierarchy, the more likely it is that employees will communicate bad news and act upon it.

— Bill Gates

“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

“A Sentient Incompetent employee is preferable to one who is Insentient Competent”

— Sudhir Warier

“It is simply a manifestation of the “first who” principle: It’s not how you compensate your executives, it’s which executives you have to compensate…

— James C. Collins

“Those who are weakest often tend to blame others for their own incompetence.”

— Gabriella Geach