Lawrence Peter is an expert on hierarchical organization, and his monograph Peter's Principles is proof. In his magnum opus The Principles of Peter, Mr. Peter clearly described the bottleneck of career promotion for us. He pointed out that everyone will be promoted in the hierarchical organization until they are incompetent. In other words, no matter how smart you are, no matter how hard you work, there will always be a position waiting for you that you are not qualified for, and you will definitely reach that position. This is the famous Peter principle.
Peter's principle was summed up by Peter based on the analysis of thousands of incompetent failure examples in the organization. Its specific content is: in the hierarchy, every employee tends to be promoted to a position that he is not qualified for. Peter pointed out that every employee will be promoted to a higher level because of his good performance in his original position; After that, if you continue to be competent, you will be occupied by an employee who is incompetent. Most of the tasks of hierarchical organizations are completed by employees who have not yet reached the incompetent level. Each position will eventually reach Peter Heights, where his promotion quotient is zero. As for how to accelerate the ascension to this highland, there are two ways. One is pulled from above, that is, pulled from above by nepotism and acquaintances; The second is self-improvement, that is, self-exercise and self-progress, while the former is widely used. Of course, the principle assumes that the time is long enough and there are enough classes in the hierarchical organization. Peter's principle is considered to be related to Parkinson's law.
For managers who are energetic and actively strive for the workplace, this view is slightly pessimistic. However, we really can't ignore this problem, because we do encounter such problems, once excellent managers will also stage the tragedy of being out of the game, once omnipotent managers will also give birth to Jiang Lang's helplessness, and business owners who have been able to guide the country will have to give up their thriving careers and do something they can because of their good health. These are the tragic results of professional incompetence.
Mr Peter has solved the bottleneck of promotion by himself. Of course, he doesn't want to get caught up in it himself, and he hopes that he can be free from its restrictions. So, it puts forward its own career path countermeasures, namely Peter's motto:
As an outstanding member of the human family,
I swear to respect myself and others and practice my ideas through words or actions.
I swear that my personal actions or all my decisions will move towards the goal of improving the quality of life, rather than climbing to a position where I am incompetent. I vowed to keep close contact with myself. Peter