A Guide to Career Promotions and the Peter Principle

A Guide to Career Promotions and the Peter Principle. Promotion trap makes people rationalise someone else’s decision as being right. Promotions are a bet placed on people with high performance without regard for their potential. Peter Principle states ‘people in a hierarchy tend to rise to the level of their incompetence’ People in a position for long is considered a sign of incompetence and promotions are a means to drive authority and exert influence, the classic Peter principle comes into play. The inherent assumption that just because a person is doing well in their current role, they will also do wonders at the next level is inherently flawed.