Announcing a Promotion: Mastering Communication for a Key HR Moment
E-learning course – Estimated duration: 1.5 hours – Audience: Managers & HR Directors
Why is this topic essential for you?
Announcing a promotion is not just about congratulating an employee. This pivotal moment directly influences motivation, support for the company’s project, talent retention, and the entire team’s acceptance of the new role. Imprecise or clumsy communication can generate misunderstandings, tensions, or implicit refusal of authority around the promoted employee. As a manager or HR director, you embody the success of this human and strategic transition.
What you will concretely learn:
Throughout this course structured into 6 modules, you will be supported to:
- Understand the human and organizational challenges of a successful promotion
- Assimilate the fundamental HR benchmarks related to professional development
- Adopt best practices: verbal posture, active listening, framing of the speech
- Adapt your speech according to specific cases (expected, rapid, conflictual promotion, etc.)
- Practice in an interview simulator with a virtual character to test your approach
- Measure your knowledge with a mega final revision quiz
Strong points of the course:
- Practical cases inspired by real business situations
- Interactive simulator to test yourself in a decisive moment HR
- Dynamic, clear, and action-oriented micro-training courses
- Course designed by HR and managerial communication experts
This course is for you if:
• You need to manage or support employee promotions
• You train or support managers in their team development
• You want to position your company as responsible and caring in its HR decisions
Module 1 – Why announce a promotion well?
In this first module, you will discover why a well-announced promotion has a decisive impact on employee motivation, commitment, and performance. You will become aware of the risks of poorly prepared communication and the importance of fully embodying your role as manager or HR director at this key moment.
