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Promoting from within: Steps to get it right

Promoting from within: Steps to get it right

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Kathy SorensonKathy SorensonPeople and Culture Director - Middle East at Premier Inn Hotels - Middle East

Kathy Sorenson, Director of Human Resources at Premier Inn MENA, is a seasoned HR professional with nearly 30 years’ global experience through inhouse and consultancy roles in New Zealand, Canada and, for the last 14 years, the UAE.

After running a successful Dubai-based HR consultancy for six years, Kathy joined Premier Inn MENA in 2018 to redesign and centralise the HR function, focussing on driving team engagement and company culture as well as overseeing all HR activities at the company’s Middle East corporate office and 11 hotels in the UAE and Qatar.

Kathy plays a leading role in delivering new team member-focussed initiatives, including Premier Inn’s inhouse Moon & Stars Awards programme and One Team One Heartbeat, the company’s culture, training and development programme. She is also pivotal in achieving the company’s continued record-breaking team member engagement scores, and is the driving force of Premier Inn’s team member development policy of promoting from within wherever possible.

Description

In today’s business environment, promoting from within is key to knowledge retention, employee engagement, and career development. By providing hands-on project experience and removing time-based promotion limits, companies can prepare future leaders based on capability and passion.

Kathy Sorenson, Director of People & Culture, Premier Inn Hotels discusses how success should be measured not just by promotion numbers, but by the positive impact on product quality and customer satisfaction.

Table Of Contents
Internal promotion effectiveness
Discover how promoting from within can transform your organisation, boosting engagement, retaining knowledge, and driving better results.
Handling favouritism and bias in promotions
Learn how feedback from multiple managers and cross-functional projects can ensure fair and unbiased decisions.
Employee training for future leadership roles
Sorenson explores how strategic projects and hands-on experience can prepare employees for their next big role.
Effective internal promotion
Sorensen shares turn entry-level roles into senior success stories.
Balancing promotion and external hires
Discover when it's necessary to bring in external talent.
Avoiding pitfall of over-promotion
Learn why removing time limits for promotions can lead to a more capable and driven leadership team.
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