9 Box Talent Grid

This is a 9-Box Model for Talent Review. The intention is to put every employee into one of these boxes.

First, a manager assesses current performance. Is it high, medium or low compared to what is expected in the role? Next, the manager assesses potential and predicts whether the employee’s future potential is high, medium or low.

With these two decisions made, every employee gets bucketed into one of the nine boxes. Depending on the company, there may be some additional discussion.

Each of the nine boxes has implications.