The 9 Box Grid Succession Planning
Those who manage today are evaluated on performance, while those who will build the future are evaluated on potential; confusing the two is strategic blindness.
Corporate leadership vacuums create fatal tremors that instantly halt a company's momentum. Succession Planning is the operation of identifying the organization's future leaders today on a mathematical plane. The "9-Box Grid" utilized for this purpose categorizes employees based on their past successes (Performance - X Axis) and their capacity to take on more complex roles in the future (Potential - Y Axis).
Not everyone who exhibits high performance is a high-potential leadership candidate; some are simply excellent at their current tasks (Experts). Conversely, high-potential but inexperienced individuals will disconnect from the system if not processed correctly (Rough Diamonds). This matrix ensures that training and development budgets are strategically focused on the exact core team that will chart the company's future course.
