The Talent Box helps you visualize employee review data across two review questions. By plotting employees on a matrix, you can identify trends, spot outliers, and uncover talent insights that may be difficult to see in charts alone.
The Talent Box can be used for traditional talent mapping exercises, such as a 9-Box, or for exploring relationships between any two review questions in your Cycle.
Open the Talent Box view
Go to Performance Reviews and open your review Cycle.
Click Boxes.
If no axes have been selected yet, you'll be prompted to choose the review questions you want to compare.
Create a Talent Box
Open the Talent Box view
Go to Performance Reviews and open your review Cycle.
Click Boxes.
If no axes have been selected yet, you'll be prompted to choose the review questions you want to compare.
Example use cases
You might compare:
Performance and Potential
Value Creation and Trajectory
Results and Behaviors
The Keeper Test results
Any other review questions that use compatible response scales
Different combinations can reveal different patterns within your workforce.
Understand the results
Each box represents a combination of responses from the selected questions.
Employees are displayed as avatars or initials in their respective boxes, making it easy to see where individuals and groups cluster.
The view also shows the percentage of employees in each section of the matrix, helping you understand the distribution of talent at a glance.
Click the employee avatar to view their Performance Review.
Use the Talent Box to uncover insights
The Talent Box can help you:
Identify high-performing and high-potential employees
Highlight employees who may benefit from additional support
Spot unusual rating patterns and outliers
Detect inconsistencies in manager assessments
Discover employees who may otherwise be overlooked
Support calibration and talent planning discussions
Tip: Start with commonly used talent dimensions such as Performance and Potential, then experiment with other question combinations to uncover additional insights.
Filter the data (coming soon)
Like other review visualizations, the Talent Box can be used alongside available review filters. Apply filters to focus on specific employee groups, such as departments, tenure, or gender. Combining filters lets you explore trends within specific populations and compare results across groups.
Best practices
Review the overall employee distribution first.
Explore different question combinations to identify patterns.
Compare results across teams and departments.
Investigate clusters and outliers to better understand the underlying context.
Use the visualization as a starting point for talent conversations and calibration discussions.
Note: The Talent Box provides a visual representation of review responses. For the most complete picture, review employee feedback, performance history, and manager context alongside the visualization.