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In his 1968 book The Peter Principle, Canadian educational scholar and sociologist Dr. Laurence J. Peter introduced the theory, suggesting that an employee’s failure to meet the demands of a promoted position may not stem from overall incompetence, but rather from the fact that the new role requires different skills than the employee has. For instance, an employee who excels at assembly tasks may be promoted to a leadership role without having demonstrated the necessary skills to be an effective