Jim Collins talks about getting the “right person in the right seat on the bus”, but what does that mean?  It means that matching knowledge, behavioral traits and interests of your people with the knowledge, behavioral traits and interests of the job is critical in effective hiring, promotion, succession planning and staffing of teams.  Employee […]

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“Too often, the title of manager is doled out as a reward for tenure and connections, for solid performance that demonstrates no particular ability to deal with people.” Peter Principle review The phenomenon of under-performing, un-engaged managers was first described by the Canadian psychologist Dr. Laurence Peter in a theory that now bears his name: […]

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