one reason so many employees are incompetent is that the sk… - Laurence J. Peter

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one reason so many employees are incompetent is that the skills required to get a job often have nothing to do with what is required to do the job itself.

Laurence J. Peter

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Laurence Johnston Peter (16 September 1919 – 12 January 1990) was a Canadian educator and management theorist, most famous for having formulated the Peter Principle.

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