9-box reference deck
Recall key 9-box distinctions and use calibration language that keeps labels evidence-based.
Performance Current scope What the person has delivered against current-role expectations. Use outcomes and behavior evidence. Do not include future promise on this axis. Potential Future scope A hypothesis that the person can grow into larger, more complex, or different work. Potential needs evidence under stretch, ambiguity, learning agility, influence, or scale. Potential vs readiness Two different calls A person can be high potential and not ready yet. They say: "I just know she is a star." I just know she is a star. Say What current performance evidence and future-scope evidence should we attach to that? Star language can…
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