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9-Box Model
The 9-box model (or 9-box grid) is a visual assessment tool that evaluates employee performance and potential. It's a grid that ranks employee performance on an x-axis and employee potential on a y-axis. The assessment tool predicts various outcomes, for example, whether a low-performing employee has high potential or a moderate performer has low potential. Stakeholders can use this tool to determine an employee's potential for career progression.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About 9-Box Model
Human resources departments within a small business can use the 9-box model to determine employee performance as well as potential for a future position within the company. This assessment tool can be valuable for SMBs because research shows it's cheaper to retain and advance existing employees than hire new staff.
Related terms
- Absence Management
- Furlough
- Onboarding
- Attrition
- Right to Work
- Employee Self-Service (ESS)
- Background Check
- Equity Theory
- Performance Management
- Diversity and Inclusion (D&I)
- Gamification
- Center of Excellence (COE)
- Succession Planning and Management
- Workforce Analytics
- Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)
- Employee Resource Group (ERG)
- Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)
- 9-Box Model
- Enterprise Applications
- People Analytics
