Having to do a presentation before promotion.. is this normal?!

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I work in accountancy in case it makes a difference.

My firm have just decided that once senior management are happy to consider an individual for promotion, the individual has to give a short presentation on their new role.

Is it just me or is this really odd? Previously I was at larger firms and presentations to a panel were only required when going for director or partner!

Normal in my workpace, yes, to demonstrate the ability to e.g. think strategically

Normal

Pretty normal. I had to do it at every promotion level other than the automatic ones (ie when you qualify) in my former life at a big firm.

We do interviews for all promotions. Most of them are competitive though (more than one applicant per available promotion).

I really find this so weird, I’ve never known anyone to have to do this in accountancy.

I had to for a mid management role.