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Nine-box grid

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In management & leadership, nine-box grid means: A talent review tool that places people in nine categories by combining three levels of performance with three levels of potential.

In Turkish: dokuz kutu matrisi

How it is used

Use to structure development discussions; potential ratings are judgements that need evidence and context.

Example sentences

  1. The nine-box grid separated strong current performance from readiness for more complex work.

    Current results and future potential form separate axes of the discussion.

  2. Managers revised the nine-box grid after reviewing evidence from recent assignments.

    Placement is reconsidered as evidence develops rather than treated as a permanent label.

Common collocations

  • use a nine-box grid
  • nine-box grid assessment
  • talent managementThe way an organisation attracts, develops, keeps and moves its most capable people, so that it has the right skills in the right roles now and in the future.
  • succession planningThe process of identifying and preparing people who can take over key roles, especially senior leadership roles, when the current holders leave or retire.

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