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9 Box Grid

9 Box Grid Performance Management Software

See employee performance and future potential side by side. Identify talent strengths, understand development needs and make informed people decisions with BizCompass.

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9 Box Grid

Define Performance & Potential Criteria for Your 9 Box Grid

Set the standards used to assess current performance and future potential. Configure assessment criteria, rating sources and levels for both dimensions so HR and managers work with a consistent talent evaluation framework.

Define Performance
Assess Employees

Assess Employees & Place Them in the 9 Box Grid

Evaluate each employee's current performance and growth potential to determine their position in the matrix. Keep supporting evidence and assessment notes alongside their placement so managers can discuss decisions with greater clarity.

See How Employees Are Distributed Across Nine Talent Categories

Understand your talent mix across different combinations of performance and potential. Explore employees within each category to identify strong contributors, emerging talent and areas where focused development may be needed.

Talent Categories
Discuss Talent Placements

Discuss Talent Placements & Plan the Next Steps

Bring HR and managers together to examine placements, discuss assessment evidence and agree on development priorities. Plan coaching, specialist growth, stretch opportunities or succession preparation, with clear ownership and follow-up actions.

Frequently Asked Questions

It is a talent management framework that compares employees across two dimensions: current performance and future potential. The resulting 3×3 matrix organizes employees into nine categories to support talent discussions, development planning and succession decisions.
Performance measures how effectively employees meet expectations in their current roles. Potential considers their capacity to grow into different or broader responsibilities. Both dimensions are assessed separately to provide a more useful basis for talent discussions.
Yes. BizCompass provides configurable assessment sources, rating criteria and low, moderate and high levels for performance and potential, allowing organizations to define the standards used in their talent matrix.
Employees are assessed on current performance and future potential. Their assessment levels determine the corresponding matrix category, with supporting evidence and notes available for talent discussions.
Each category represents a combination of low, moderate or high performance and potential. Together, the categories help HR identify different employee strengths, development needs and opportunities for future growth.
The matrix helps HR identify employees who may be considered for future responsibilities. Their placement can guide development and succession discussions, while readiness for a particular role should be evaluated separately using relevant evidence and role requirements.
Yes. The BizCompass talent-review workflow allows HR and managers to discuss assessment evidence, reconsider placements where appropriate and record agreed development actions for follow-up.
Bell curve analysis examines the distribution of employee performance ratings. A 9 box grid combines performance with a separate potential assessment to support broader talent development and future-role planning.

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