"managers rise to the level of their incompetence.""
Peter suggests that in time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties" and that "work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
This only works if the top guy have the brains to delegate to those more intelligent people under him
There are a number of top business people throughout the world who readily admit that they are brilliant in developing and producing a business concept but hopeless at running it
Abbott is certainly in this category he is no manager and like most people who lack confidence and abilities is scared to delegate to his Ministers
When questioned about his success Kerry Packer used to say, but I have the very best people working for me and I don't make a move without their input, he never lacked self confidence and always had a very loyal staff, maybe a bit scared but very loyal, certainly could not be compared with how Abbott works
