
Beyond the 9-Box: Alternatives for assessing performance + potential
Recorded: Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Love it or hate it, the 9-box grid is here to stay.Â
Watch this lively, Marmite-style conversation on the 9-box grid, potential vs performance and living company values with HR transformation expert Michelle Hartley. Discover practical ways to transform talent management from old-school to impactful.
What We Cover:
- Why the 9-box grid divides opinion – and real-life horror stories
- Rethinking potential: performance vs potentialÂ
- Turning company values into practical tools, not just posters
Speakers:

Roly Walter is the original founder of Appraisd, the online employee performance management system. As a self-declared accidental manager himself, he wanted to create a system that would help managers and their team-members get the best from each other through the media of performance check-ins, goals, feedback and recognition. And now with Talos360, he's bringing to market a unique system that provides an exceptional experience for individuals from the moment they see a job ad, through hiring, onboarding, development and progression.
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Known for her straight-talking style, Michelle helps HR teams evolve from beige to brilliant. Â
With a 20+ year career in HR spanning a wide range of industries, Michelle has a unique and authentic style, and is often called a breath of fresh air in the HR world! Currently, as the founder of People Sorted she works as both the Chief geek Officer and Finder of Awesome and can be found transforming “HR teams from beige to brilliant” through coaching and mentoring, human resources training, and activity-led learning.