Division Leadership Assessment: 9 Block Managers/ Progress on High Potential

The 9-box grid is an individual assessment tool that evaluates both an employee’s current contribution to the organization and his or her potential level of contribution to the organization. The 9-box grid is a simple table graph that rates “potential” on the Y, or vertical axis, and “performance” on the X, or horizontal axis. In other words, the vertical columns of the grid identify an individual employee’s growth potential within the organization, and the horizontal rows identify whether the employee is below, meeting or exceeding performance expectations in his or her current role.

The 9-box grid is most commonly used in succession planning as a method of evaluating an organization’s talent pool and identifying potential leaders. When used in succession planning, the X-axis assesses leadership performance and the Y-axis assesses leadership potential. The combination of the X and Y axes determines where the leader is placed in the 9-box grid. Individuals in the upper right quadrant (Box 1) will then be identified as high-potential candidates in the company’s succession plan.

For performance appraisal purposes, the 9-box grid provides a simple visual reference that can include appraisal and assessment data to allow managers to easily view employees’ actual and potential performance. Individual developmental plans for both high- and low-performing employees can then be designed with collaboration from the employees’ managers and the HR department.

In coaching and talent management, the value of the 9-box grid is to identify when coaching or a change in job or responsibilities may be needed. It may not be valuable to the organization to spend time and effort in attempting to salvage an individual with low potential and poor performance. However, an individual with low potential but effective performance may need to be engaged or motivated in his or her current job.

When used correctly, the 9-box grid can be both a versatile and a valuable tool for an organization, but HR professionals are advised to become thoroughly familiar with the 9-box grid before attempting to use it. Like any tool, it can be damaging to the organization if used incorrectly.

 

I had high potential once, when I was grounded it went away.
( BMET humor)

 

That's shocking!

 

The "9-box grid" is tool that shows how incompetent the Marketing and HR Dept are at UHS. When new high level people come in, this is how they "show value". They won't use the grid for themselves.

UHS needs to get out of the 1990s mentality. Give your people the freedom to grow in both sales and service without being so data driven. It's still a relationship business.

 

If they can use this on us, we should be able to use it on upper management. JB would fail and finally he can play golf full time in Arizona and RETIRE

 

At least it's current.

 

Agreed. He had robbed the company for years with his chronic ineptitude and his Boy Scout leadership mentality.

 

JB over promises the customers knowing Uhs will under deliver and then it is the salesperson fault and makes us look bad and untrustworthy. He has no business meeting with customers and can only drive down sales

 

The 9 Blocker is pure BS in the way it is used if your high performer but will not relocate you are stuck then in your role, who in their right mind would relocate for this company? Hell even the CEO wouldn't do that! All this company cares about is top revenue and sales team how may of the operations folks are getting to go on those expensive sales trips? Operations is the step child of the company even though it's why the company actually can state it hit its number this year but NO Year over Year growth at all. If you can find another company and your a good Operator as they call operations folks then I would jump ship soon! Good Luck

 

How does DHolland in minneapolis keep his job. He is worthless just like JB and all upper management

 

Couldn't be worse than P. Sinclair and his delusions of grandeur on how to grow the rental business. Everyone knows that rental business is a melting ice cube.