9-Box Talent Grid

Make talent grids a tool for insight, not just categorisation

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9-box talent grid showing employee placement by performance and potential, with talent profile details and development actions.

Moving beyond talent categorisation

Talent grids, including the widely used 9-box talent grid, are a common way of assessing performance and potential. Yet without structure and consistency, they can become subjective, overly simplified and disconnected from real talent decisions.

Pilat enables organisations to use talent grids as part of a broader, structured approach to talent assessment.

You can define what performance and potential mean in your organisation, apply consistent criteria and ensure assessments are supported by organisational data and agreed definitions, not just individual opinion.

Used properly, talent grids become a powerful tool for understanding organisational talent, supporting succession planning, development decisions and future capability needs.

A typical approach to Talent Management

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Built around your approach to talent assessment

Pilat enables organisations to use talent grids as part of a wider talent management process, helping create a more consistent view of organisational talent.

By combining flexibility, calibration and visibility, organisations can gain a clearer understanding of talent and how it evolves over time, supporting succession and development decisions.

Flexible talent grids

Configure talent grids around your own definitions and assessment models, using a 9-box talent grid or an approach tailored to your organisation.

Consistent assessment

Apply consistent criteria across managers, teams and business units to support more reliable and comparable talent assessments.

Calibration and visibility

Support calibration discussions and maintain visibility of talent profiles, helping leaders identify emerging talent and development priorities.

Driving talent decisions

Link talent grid outcomes to succession planning and talent development activities, ensuring talent assessments lead to clear actions and follow-up.

4-box talent grid example showing employee placement within a customised talent assessment framework, with talent profile details and development actions.

Unlock the full value of the 9 box talent grid

See how Pilat helps organisations turn talent assessments into meaningful workforce and succession planning decisions.

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See how Pilat adapts to your existing talent framework