Define Performance and Potential Before the Room
Set clear performance and potential criteria before placing anyone on a 9-box grid.
The grid only looks objective; its quality comes from the criteria behind it. The mechanism is shared definitions. Performance should mean current delivery, quality, consistency, and business impact. Potential should mean capacity for broader scope, learning agility, adaptability, and readiness for ambiguity. When those definitions stay implicit, the same person can land in different boxes for political rather than factual reasons. Define performance with observable evidence The mechanism is shared definitions. Performance should mean current delivery, quality, consistency, and business impact. Potential should mean capacity for broader scope, learning agility, adaptability, and readiness for ambiguity. When those definitions stay implicit,…
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