The Palin Principle (Peter Principle revisited)

The Palin Principle (Peter Principle revisited)

September 16th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

Sarah Palin has resurrected an old business adage:  The Peter Principle.

The idea is relatively easy to grasp:  A good employee is promoted to the point of their incompetence.  It is a classic management error.  Take a good Surgeon and make him Administrator of the Hospital.  Take a good computer analyst and make him the Chief Information Officer.

Sarah Palin was pretty good at getting pork funneled into Alaska – but Washington is the giver, not the receiver.  Palin is a good receiver.

Check out this segment on Real Time with Bill Maher:

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