The Peter Principle
July 15th 2008 02:11
Have you ever heard of the Peter Principle? This is one of my favorite things that I learned when I was in graduate school. It’s my favorite because it is so common. This is the idea that an employee will be promoted to their level of incompetence.
This happens a lot because when someone is doing well at their job, we like to reward them by promoting them to the next level. Unfortunately, that’s not always the best thing to do. Just because someone does well at their current job, doesn’t mean they will do so well at the next one.
I hate it when I come into a job and have to deal with these situations. Suddenly, I become the bad guy dealing with an employee that doesn’t do well in their position. There is nothing I hate more than having to fire or demote an employee. It’s an ugly situation and any explanation as to why you do it isn’t good enough. Rumors will get started and the employee will try to save face by bad mouthing you.
So how do you avoid this…quit promoting people that aren’t promotable.
More on this in my next post.
This happens a lot because when someone is doing well at their job, we like to reward them by promoting them to the next level. Unfortunately, that’s not always the best thing to do. Just because someone does well at their current job, doesn’t mean they will do so well at the next one.
I hate it when I come into a job and have to deal with these situations. Suddenly, I become the bad guy dealing with an employee that doesn’t do well in their position. There is nothing I hate more than having to fire or demote an employee. It’s an ugly situation and any explanation as to why you do it isn’t good enough. Rumors will get started and the employee will try to save face by bad mouthing you.
So how do you avoid this…quit promoting people that aren’t promotable.
More on this in my next post.
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