Promotion from within is desirable for any company. Employees want to feel like they have an opportunity to grow and advance in your company. If they do not feel this way, you will lose the best of your employees to other companies. Internal promotion doesn't happen by accident. It happens when a company has a culture of promoting from within and has corporate leadership training program that develops the potential of each employee.

As your company continues to grow, there are going to be star performers that emerge in your organization. There are two types of star performers that you see rise up in your company. The first type is the person that really likes what he or she does for a living and has no desire to do anything else. The second type is the person who wants to perform well so that he or she can advance, take on increasing responsibility and earn more money.

When promoting from within the first challenge is teaching your leaders how to identify the difference the two types of star performers. If you try to promote the first type of star performer, unless the promotion is simply more of what he or she is already doing, you are often setting this person up for failure. No amount of training will overcome a lack of desire to take on more responsibility.

Promoting the second type of star performer also has its challenges. Often this star performer does not have all of the skills, attitudes and habits that are necessary to effectively perform in the new position. In order for the star performer to get the most out of your corporate leadership training program you have to have to identify the gaps between what skills they have and what skills they need. Every employee is going to have different gaps even if they are coming from similar positions and are moving into a similar role of responsibility.

The goal of any corporate leadership training program is to train leaders in the skills they need to perform successfully in their job. The organization has to have the culture that supports what is in the training. If not, the training is useless. Develop a follow-up system and demand accountability through a performance management system so that your new leaders have clear expectations of what is expected of them as well as feedback and coaching.

By having a good corporate leadership training program, you will be able to promote more of your employees within and they will be successful. This will increase the morale of your organization and make your company a more desirable place to work.