James Silverton wrote:
> Nancy wrote on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:22:54 -0400:
>
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>>> Maybe she was Peter Pan'ed from the hostess job she was good
>>>> at.
>>>
>>> You have lost me with that one Nancy!
>
>> Sorry! Peter Pan syndrome is when you're really good at your
>> job so they keep promoting you until you're in a job you
>> aren't good at. Called Rising to your level of incompetence.
>
> I thought that was the "Potter Principle", after Sheldon Potter who
> invented it.

This is the book I referenced:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle

nancy