Advanced Hero has recently revamped the performance management process with a new 9-box matrix. After the various meetings and countless hours spent identifying and correctly placing employees in the appropriate boxes, the HR department describes the next steps for ultimate effectiveness to the business leaders. The HR department outlines its plans for development activities. Why is an effective development activity so critical after assessing performance and potential from the 9-box activity?

a) Within large organizations like Advanced Hero, it is easy for employees to be overlooked. Development activities give top performers the chance to beat out the internal competition and to finally be noticed.

b) 9-box systems are known to have common errors of placing people too high on the grid. Timely development activities allow upper management to see who is actually going to be top talent and who is not.

c) High potential employees are primed to take action. Development activities allow employees to get to work immediately and stay engaged and productive so that they can secure their place and receive a promotion.

d) A major pitfall of the 9-box system is that most companies stop the process after the employees are placed in the boxes. The development activities allow employees to get actual development experiences after the 9-box assessment.