In a 9-Box Grid, what are the two axes?

• A. Engagement and Absenteeism.
• B. Salary and Tenure.
• C. Current Performance (Rows) and Future Potential (Columns).
• D. Years of Experience and Education.

Answer: (C)

In a 9-Box Grid, two dimensions are used to position every employee: how they perform now and how capable they are to perform in the future. Those two dimensions form the axes. Typically, current performance is shown on the rows and future potential on the columns, with three levels (low, medium, high) for each, creating nine boxes. This setup lets you see who is performing well now and who has the potential to grow into higher roles, guiding development and succession planning.

The other options don’t describe the axes of the grid. Engagement and absenteeism, or salary and tenure, or years of experience and education, aren’t the dimensions used to map talent in a 9-Box Grid.