The Peter Principle
In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. Therefore:
– In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties.
– Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
Content: Quotation | Subjects: Business Rules, Organizational Behavior
B.C. Forbes (1946)
Man was not made for business; business was made for man.
Content: Quotation | Subjects: Business Rules, Life
Will Rogers
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
Content: Quotation | Subjects: Business Rules, Competition, Management, Opportunity
Frederick Smith (Federal Express)
“Lieutenant, there are only three things you gotta remember: shoot, move and communicate.”
– advice given by a sergeant when he was serving in Vietnam.
Content: Quotation | Subject: Business Rules