Write promotion criteria down and publish them in advance, combining performance in the current role with readiness for the next one. In Egypt, Article 137 of Labor Law No. 14 of 2025 requires every employer with ten or more workers to include promotion rules in its work regulations.
Step by step
- 1
Separate promotion from raises
A raise rewards performance in the current role, while a promotion is a move to bigger responsibilities that need a different readiness.
- 2
Set the basic conditions
A vacant higher role or an approved need, a minimum appraisal result in the last two cycles, and a suitable time in the current grade.
- 3
Measure readiness
The competencies the higher role requires, assessed through an interview, a practical task or a temporary assignment before the decision.
- 4
A panel, not one person
The direct manager, a more senior manager and HR take part in the decision, using one standard assessment form.
- 5
Announce and explain
Publish the conditions to everyone, and tell those not promoted exactly what they lack and how to prepare for next time.
- 6
Link it to the scale and regulations
Set the new grade and salary according to the salary scale, and document the policy in the company's regulations.
Promoting your best technical employee to manager without assessing their ability to lead people may cost the company an excellent employee and give it a weak manager.
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