Tough at the top
13 September 2012
A fast-track career can be exciting for those who are prepared. How can you minimise the ‘too much, too soon’ dangers of rapid promotion?
Canadian writer Laurence Peter famously stated that in business, everyone is eventually promoted to their level of incompetence. The theory being that a bright employee will continue to achieve successive promotions until such time as they fail to impress, usually by finding themselves out of their depth.
Many people embarking on a new career will have ambitions...