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Old 02-02-2004, 19:44   #10
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Re: 10% of staff are incompitent...

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Originally Posted by Theodoric
Incompetents in senior management positions is easily explained by the Peter Principle, which states something along the lines of "people rise one position above that at which they are competent".
One of my all time fav books that.

Being a "Peter" myself it was a must read for me.

Best bit has to be the use of what he calls "Creative Incompetence" whereby you deliberately make mistakes so as to avoid being promoted beyond your capacity and so hold on to a job you are happy with.
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