Identify, assess, and develop your organization’s top talent with Phi EDGE’s 9 Box Grid Module. Evaluate employees based on performance and potential, enabling smarter succession planning, leadership development, and data-driven talent management decisions.
Real impact delivered by Phi EDGE 9-Box Grid — accurate talent identification, faster mapping, and always up-to-date succession data.
Hi-Po Identification
Accuracy in talent identification
Succession Mapping
Faster readiness mapping speed
Pipeline Gaps Found
Leadership gaps identified within
Meeting Prep Time
Cut from 5 hours to 1 hour
Grid Auto-Updates
Reflects live performance changes
Key Features
Identify, categorize, and retain your best talent with a powerful performance vs. potential matrix built for strategic workforce planning.
Assign distinct colors to each department for easy visual differentiation in the 9 Box grid talent management module — making it simple to spot patterns across your entire organization.
Visual MappingSet performance and potential ranges to categorize employees into low, medium, or high performance effectively — ensuring no overlaps in ranges and clear talent segmentation across the grid.
Talent MatrixEmployee potential is automatically assessed based on responses from a structured potential questionnaire filled by Heads of Departments (HODs) — objective, consistent, and free from manual bias.
Auto AssessmentHODs can view and manage employee data within their team, filling out performance scores and potential assessments with ease — an intuitive interface built for department heads, not just HR.
HOD DashboardGain insights through detailed dashboards for HODs and HR, showcasing performance and potential trends year-over-year, department and band wise — turning data into clear, strategic decisions.
Year-on-Year TrendsIdentify high-potential employees early and implement targeted retention strategies. Reduce the risk of losing valuable talent while strengthening organizational capability for long-term growth.
Retain Top Talent
The 9 box model is a talent assessment grid that places employees into nine boxes based on two factors: their current performance and their future potential. In talent management software like Phi EDGE, the grid is generated automatically from appraisal data, giving HR and leaders a clear visual view of where each employee stands.
Each employee is rated as low, moderate, or high on performance and on potential. The combination of these two ratings places them in one of the nine boxes, from low performer with low potential to high performer with high potential. HR teams then use each box to decide the right action, such as promotion, development, coaching, or performance improvement.
The 9-box grid helps organizations identify high-potential employees and future leaders, plan succession, and create targeted development plans. It also brings consistency and transparency to talent reviews, so decisions are based on data rather than opinion.
The 9 Box Talent Management System works for organizations of any size in any industry. It is especially valuable in sectors where retaining and developing skilled people is critical, such as IT and technology, manufacturing, construction, banking and finance, healthcare, and retail.
The 9 box model shows at a glance who your top performers are, who has untapped potential, and who needs support. This helps HR focus training, rewards, and succession planning on the right people, reduce the risk of losing key talent, and build a stronger leadership pipeline.
