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SuccessionStack

Free tool

A 9-box grid builder that stays in your browser.

Add your people, place them by performance and potential, and export the result. No login, no upload, no catch. When you outgrow a grid that resets every cycle, you know where to find us.
Potential →
Enigma
    Growth employee
      Future leader
        Inconsistent
          Core player
            High performer
              Underperformer
                Effective
                  Trusted professional
                    Performance →

                    Everything here stays in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, and closing the tab keeps your grid saved locally for next time.

                    Getting value out of a 9-box grid

                    The grid is worth the argument it starts, not the boxes it fills. When two people place the same person in different cells, that disagreement is the whole point: it forces the room to compare evidence and negotiate what the axes actually mean. A grid filled in alone and never discussed is just opinion in a nicer layout.

                    Two traps to watch. The potential axis drifts toward polish and familiarity unless you define what evidence counts, so agree on that before placing anyone. And the top-right cell is a development signal, not a promotion promise; treating it as the latter is how good people get set up to fail in roles they were not ready for. For the fuller method, see how to identify high-potential employees and talent calibration.

                    This tool is deliberately simple: it gets a grid out of your head and onto a screen you can share in a meeting. What it cannot do is remember why a placement changed, tie it to scored evidence, or feed the top-right names into a succession plan. That is where 9-box grid software earns its place, and it is a step for later, not a prerequisite for now.

                    Questions buyers actually ask

                    Yes, free and with no login. Add names, place them on the grid, and export to CSV or PNG. It runs entirely in your browser; there is no account and nothing to buy.

                    Nowhere. The grid lives in your browser's local storage and is never sent to a server. Closing the tab keeps it saved on your device for next time; clearing your browser data removes it. If you want succession data shared across a team with an audit trail, that is what the product does.

                    Add each person, then place them by performance (horizontal) and potential (vertical). On desktop you can drag names into cells; on any device you can tap a name and then tap a cell. The value is the conversation the placements start, so run it with the people who know the work, not alone.

                    Each cell is a combination of performance and potential, from underperformer (low/low) to future leader (high/high). The labels are prompts, not verdicts: a placement is a claim about a person that should carry evidence and get revisited, not a permanent sorting.

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