Talent reviews

Talent reviews that end in a decision you can explain

Run a review cycle, collect self and manager assessments, calibrate as a panel and see everyone on the nine-box. When the panel changes a rating, the manager's proposal and the reason stay on the record.

A review cycle in calibration, on the nine-box tab, with people placed by performance and potential.

Calibration that keeps its working

A manager rates; the panel compares people across teams and agrees the rating. Both are kept.

  1. 1The manager's assessment places Rafael as a trusted professional: performance 4.
  2. 2In calibration, the panel compares him with the other regional managers and writes down why it disagrees.
  3. 3The agreed rating moves him to effective: performance 3.
  4. 4The proposal, the agreed rating and the reason all stay on the record. Nothing is overwritten.

One cycle, everybody's progress

Enrol the people under review, open the cycle and take it through to calibration. Who has submitted — and which managers have not yet — is on one screen.

  • Draft, open, calibration, closed — and a closed cycle is final
  • Self and manager assessments, tracked person by person
  • See which managers the cycle is waiting on
A review cycle's people list, with each person's manager, self-assessment, manager assessment and nine-box placement.

Every assessment reaches only the people it was promised to

The form says who will read it before anyone types, and the product keeps that promise. Potential is judged against peers in a meeting the employee is not in, so it is not shown to them.

  • A self-assessment reaches the manager once it is submitted, not as a draft
  • A manager's assessment reaches the employee, without the potential rating
  • HR and the calibration panel see both in full

Readiness and coverage, live from the record

Successor readiness, headcount against successors by department, and the critical roles with nobody behind them — filtered by department, readiness or flight risk.

  • Filters for department, readiness and flight risk
  • Critical roles with no successor, listed
  • Export the numbers behind the charts
Analytics: successor readiness, headcount and successors by department, and the critical roles with nobody behind them.

What it will not do

It never shows an employee their potential rating.

Potential is a judgement made against peers, in a meeting the employee is not in. Once their manager's assessment is submitted, the employee reads all of it — except that one rating.

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Talent Reviews and Nine-Box Calibration | Succession Impact