Accomplished Quote by Laurence J. Peter

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

— Laurence J. Peter

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their 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

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

— Laurence J. Peter

“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 staff increase may produce a temporary improvement, but the promotion process eventually produces its effect on the newcomers and they, too, rise to…

— 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

Executives are afraid of losing control if subordinates try to roam too far. Conversely, hierarchy squelches talent by forcing rote standardization through the punishment…

— Stewart D. Friedman

People who get to the top of any organisation are generally dysfunctional human beings who are overachieving, overcompensating or overbearing.

— Guy Browning

“Employees who consistently behave as though it is your responsibility to “make them successful”; who blame you or others for their lack of success;…

— Erika Andersen

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

“All, from police forces to armed forces, are rigid hierarchies of salaried employees, and all are necessarily cumbered with incompetents who cannot do their…

— Laurence J. Peter