UNDOING A PROMOTION PROMISE
Dear Corporate Nanny,
I promised to promote an employee on my staff without checking with HR or my manager. While they value my employee, I learned the company isn’t ready to promote him, and now I’m not quite sure what to do. How do I undo my promise? Addie
Hello Addie,
Honesty is the best policy here! Sometimes we try to reward people’s good work and productivity with promotions, but this is not the only way! So I would sit with your staff member, be honest and offer him some other professional development opportunities. For example, assign him to an organizational task force, ask him to do research in a specific area, offer to send him to a training class or any other developmental opportunity that will benefit his promotion possibilities. Let me know how it goes!
-The Corporate Nanny
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