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   Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Saturday, 07-Sep-2024 06:05:12 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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   @CultureDesk you know, that "unoriginal subordination" remark is kinda pointlessly going too far. I've seen many highly talented and creative engineers promoted into leadership and fail because *leadership is a distinct set of skills*.

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     Flipboard Culture Desk (culturedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Sep-2024 06:05:13 JST Flipboard Culture Desk

     "The Peter Principle" is a term coined in 1969 by Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull — it was the name of their book exploring the idea that employees are often promoted beyond their level of competence. Big Think's Jonny Thomson says this is often a consequence of rewarding good followers with leadership positions. "What Hull and Peter point out is that it makes no sense at all to assume that someone who’s lived their career in unoriginal subordination would suddenly become Abraham Lincoln with a corner office," he writes. Here's his story for Big Think about what we can learn from the theory — and how we can avoid its pitfalls.

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