04:05 Issue 20

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Climbing into Incompetence The Peter Principle, promotion culture, and personal awareness

Ayşe Nazmiye Uça is the Founder and Chairman of the Turkish Payroll Association and established Turkey’s first payroll outsourcing company 26 years ago. Her company, Datassist, leads the market in technology-centered payroll services, catering to Fortune 500 companies and major Turkish corporations. Datassist excels in Regulation Technologies (RegTech) and continues to expand through strategic investments and business partnerships, aiming to offer comprehensive services in an evolving market. In 2024, Ayşe ranked 20th among Turkey’s top 100 female founders by Fast Company magazine, based on company turnover. Her life purpose is to shape organizations, create new opportunities, and guide her employees toward achieving their career goals.

In hierarchical systems, every employee eventually rises to their level of incompetence.

A new year signals new beginnings. For some, that means leaving a job. For others, it’s promotion season. Titles change, business cards are reprinted,

expectations rise. Does this mean that every promotion is really progress? If you’ve spent any time inside an organisation, you would have witnessed a familiar pattern.

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