Promoting people: The positives & negatives

Most business professionals know of the Peter Principle, if not by name, then at least in application. It occurs when an employee is eventually promoted to a position they are not competent to assume. Dr. Laurence Peter and Raymond Hull proposed the principle in the late 60s.

Let’s look at this practice as it applies to the Craftsman personality type.

To management, a pure Craftsman is a loyal employee, a well-liked employee, and is very knowledgeable about the particular product or service. In short, the Craftsman is the ideal candidate for a promotion.

What many companies fail to realize is that a perfect…