I once remarked to my boss, after 2 slightly surprising promotions to senior positions, that presiding over a disaster seemed to be no bar to promotion
He replied that he supposed it must mean that at least they had been able to have Kept their head put on their annual appraisals
Which I suppose goes someway towards explaining why Richard Summersgill, director of Child Benefit & Tax Credit Offices, HM Revenue & Customs, has received a CBE in the New Year Honours list
