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Build and Implement a 9-Box Talent Grid to Assess Employee TalentIf you want to successfully develop talent, you’ve got to start y e!ectively evaluating it"

Talent management leaders are responsile for #eading up t#e success of programs suc# as succession planning,#ig# potential identi$cation, leaders#ip development, and overall employee development" %it#out a solid internalassessment of talent levels, talent management leaders ris& t#e failures of t#ese programs, as talent assessmentdirectly feeds into t#eir development"

T#e classi$cation of talent using t#e 9-Box Grid will provide a clearer picture of talent distriution, e!ectively

improving targeted development success rates, and decreasing disengagement and turnover, w#ic# ultimatelyen#ances t#e organi'ation’s ottom line"According to t#e ()*+ cean . /ompany 01 Trends and 2riorities 3urvey, only (45 of respondents agreed orstrongly agreed t#at internal talent assessment was e!ective" 0owever, usiness respondents ran&ed it as t#esixt#-most-important trend for t#e year out of (* 01 areas" T#ere is a disconnect etween t#e importance ande!ectiveness t#at can e reconciled y using t#e 9-Box Talent Grid"

T#e cean . /ompany 9-Box Talent Grid2erformance is fairly straig#tforward to assess, ut potential is less concrete more tric&ier to measure wit#out largeamounts of ias" Assess performance and potential y using oservale criteria so you can reduce t#e iases

involved and consistently evaluate employees to etter level-set t#eir placement across t#e organi'ation" To ensure your talent review meeting goes smoot#ly, review eac# manager’s assessments prior to t#e talentmeeting" T#is will allow you to get a feel for w#at to expect during t#e meeting, #elp you egin t#e calirationprocess early, and advise managers if t#eir employee placements are way o! t#e mar&, saving t#em time andemarrassment"%#et#er you tell an employee t#at t#ey are #ig# potential or not is dependent on t#e type of culture yourorgani'ation #as"6nly open, collaorative cultures will e ready for t#is transparency" T#e 7uality of t#e development discussionsyour managers #ave wit# t#eir employees is w#at is really important" T#ese conversations and development plans

will send t#e rig#t signals to employees"1eview researc# and pro8ect metrics to ma&e t#e case for uilding a 9-Box Talent Grid process into t#eorgani'ation, to gain pro8ect approval"nderstand #ow t#e 9-Box Talent Grid is constructed and w#at eac# ox in t#e grid means"Align t#e use of t#e Grid to assess employee talent wit# t#e uni7ue needs of your organi'ation y addressing t#etarget audience, talent grid pro$le de$nitions, and a tool to #elp managers assess t#eir employees"Get t#e Grid ready for use y communicating wit# sta&e#olders and training managers, and put it into action usingguidelines for a talent review and calirating meeting"Begin t#e process of funneling results from t#e Grid placements into talent programs, development discussions,and action planning wit# employees"/#ec& in on t#e process after implementation y gat#ering feedac& and updating metrics to continually improve


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