Promoting an employee to manager is a very big deal. A great manager enables and increases team performance. A poor manager reduces team performance and increases team costs. Choosing to promote the right person is a very big deal for you, the team and the business.

Learn 7 behavioural signs to look for when thinking about who to promote to manager plus more great employee promotion best practices.
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The skills needed to be a great employee or contributor are very different from being a great manager.  The employee to manager transition is not easy and many don’t make this transition successfully. Having a good employee promotion process to identify the most suitable management candidates will save you a lot of time, costs and frustration.

Business success and the success of the teams you look after depends on the strength of your managers. People are at the heart of every business. 

Becoming a great manager is very much a personal journey as it is a professional journey. Having good manager skills is only part of the picture. Knowing how to use those skills to get the best from teams is a much more important to increase team performance. 

As part of employee promotion evaluation, I suggest you look for 7 behavioural signs your potential manager should be displaying before they are promoted. If several of these are missing, I suggest delaying promoting or not promoting at all.

Good energy levels are also important as being a manager is a tough job and to be good needs hard work. 

I also think to be a good manager, you need good self-awareness. Without good self-awareness it is very hard to manage yourself well. Good self-management gives you an important platform to be able to manage others well.

Another essential for potential managers to look for is their ability to self-learn. The quicker and more independently they can learn, the more likely they will build the management skills they need. 

Finally, good organisational awareness is very important to be a good manager. We all work with others, other team and departments. A manager needs to coordinate and prioritise work and support other areas of the business. Good organisational awareness enables them to be a much better job as a manager.

Promotion at work is a big deal for anyone. Promoting an employee to manager, and getting it right is very much in everyone’s best interests, particularly yours!

If you have any questions on “Promoting an Employee To Manager – Who to Choose & Why”, please email me at [email protected] and I will get back to you.

Jess Coles

Enhance.training