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The Peter Principle: Does Peter Work for You?

The Peter Principle: Does Peter Work for You?

You’ve seen him.  You may have worked for him or he may just be a colleage.  I hope he doesn’t work for you or else you’ve got some work to do.  His name is Peter.  And he is incompetent in his job. The Peter Principle is the principle that “in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence” (from Wikipedia).  It was formulated in 1969 by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull....

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Managing Upward: Dealing With Difficult Bosses

Managing Upward: Dealing With Difficult Bosses

Almost everyone has one and at times they can be a royal pain!  Bosses!  How do you deal with a boss that has a completely different mindset and personality than yourself?  I have had several real winners in my career ranging from the immature-and-explosive, to the better-than-thou, to the raving psychopath, to the drunk pill-popper, to the always-has inappropriate-relationship-rumors-flying-around-him, to the...

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