Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence
This means people in organizations tend to rise to their level of incompetence
In other words, since people spend more time in a stationary position than being promoted, they are usually in a state of incompetence. Due to financial reasons, people tend to choose higher positions with incompetence over lower positions with competence.
- One explanation for why your 'boss' is incompetent that subordinates can understand
- When promotions are based on job performance, someone might become an executive without having the necessary management skills
