Managers Guide to Promoting Employees

Overview:

Promoting employees is an essential part of a company’s success however it is a lot more challenging than people realize. There are positives as well as negatives in promoting employees and all of management must be aware of this. 

Promoting union and non-union employees is quite different and this needs to be spelled out in the company’s promotion policy. There are different types of promotions and different methods of promotions, and these will all be discussed. There are acceptable criteria that needs to be spelled out for promotions as well as attributes of the person considered to be for a promotion. Looking at an employee’s personal characteristics also comes into play when considering a promotion as well as the qualities that the employee exemplifies. We will discuss the process a company should have in place for promotions and the importance of everyone in the organization understanding the policy. 

The topic of promotions without compensation will be discussed as well as the negatives that can occur when an employee is promoted. If promotions are not handled properly it can negatively impact the organization so that will be discussed also.

Why you should Attend:

Employee promotion serves several purposes for businesses and is often a critical component of employee retention. However, there are so many components to make it work effectively that it is more challenging a process than people think. 

In attending this webinar, you will learn the challenges companies face in setting up a competitive and fair policy for promoting employees. You will learn that there are two different methods of promoting employees and that promotions will be different depending on if you are in a union or non-union environment. You will learn why your company needs to have a promotion policy and why it is important.  

There are numerous things to consider before you promote an employee, it is not always based on seniority or how hard they work, many are based on the employees character and certain attributes that should be in the companies promotion policy. We will discuss compensation with promotions, do all promotions come with compensation increases. Also you will learn that there are some negatives to promoting employees and how to handle them. 

Areas Covered in the Session:

• Why companies need to promote employees
• Why company needs to have a promotion policy 
• Different types of promotions
• Difference between a union and non-union promotion
• Negatives about promoting employees
• The attributes an employee must have to be promoted
• The characteristics that an employee must exhibit to be promote
• Suggestions to making a good company promotion policy 

Who Will Benefit:

• Any one in HR
• Managers
• Directors
• Anyone that Manages a Department