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Jan 21st, 2021

Hire Leaders for What They Can Do, Not What They Have Done

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Summary.   The next time you are filling a leadership role, ask yourself three questions. First, does the candidate have the skills to be a high-performing contributor or the skills to be an effective leader? The performance level of individual contributors is measured largely...more

Fifty years have passed since the publication of The Peter Principle, but its rule still applies today. “In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties,” noted Laurence J. Peter, the educator behind this famous work. His theory postulates that most competent people are promoted until they reach a position that is above their skill level, at which point they cease to grow.

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https://hbr.org/2019/08/hire-leaders-for-what-they-can-do-not-what-they-have-done?fbclid=IwAR2aE0mkr9LabuRKa4pjGZVt2zkVxjsjtB12OfVsPEoot7DjTJ5s26iK-Yk

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