I tried to explain to him that he would require some experience before being to attain such a level, but he, and HR, thought that he exhibited "leadership" abilities despite the fact that no such position was open!
The principle holds that in a hierarchy members are promoted so long as they work competently. Sooner or later they are promoted to a position at which they are no longer competent (their "level of incompetence"), and there they remain. Peter's Corollary states that "in time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out his duties" and adds that "work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence".
