{"id":15469,"date":"2024-08-12T06:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=15469"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:52:24","slug":"succession-planning-9-box-grid","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/resources\/talent-management\/succession-planning\/succession-planning-9-box-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"Succession planning: The 9-box grid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-primary-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b5fc8583 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:25px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7fc3d43a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p class=\"\">By <strong><strong>Robert S. Teachout<\/strong>, SHRM-SCP,<\/strong> Brightmine Legal Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does the 9\u2011box grid support effective succession planning?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In this leading practice guide on succession planning, we explore the essential role of succession planning and explain how the 9\u2011box grid can be used to assess talent and support effective development and succession decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sign up today to get:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Assessing the talent pool\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Sample 9-box grid for employee assessment and development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Allocating development resources\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Sample development budget allocation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Pros and cons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want to see more?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p 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Teachout, SHRM &#8211; SCP<\/strong><br>Legal Editor, Brightmine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Robert Teachout has more than 30 years&#8217; experience in legal publishing covering employment laws on the state and federal level. At Brightmine, he covers labour relations, performance appraisals and promotions, succession and workforce planning, HR professional development and employment contracts. He often writes on the intersection of compliance with HR strategy and practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Before joining Brightmine, Robert was a senior HR editor at Thompson Information Services, covering FMLA, ADA, EEO issues and federal and state leave laws. Prior to that he was the primary editor of Bloomberg BNA&#8217;s State Labour Laws binders and was the principal writer and editor of the State Wage Assignment and Garnishment Handbook. Robert also served as a union unit leader and shop steward in the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild of the Communications Workers of America. 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