Matched array talent alignment system and method

A method for identifying a change needed to align talent values in a two-dimensional array, the method, implemented on a system including at least one display device and at least one input device, comprising:

• displaying a grid of cells of an array on the at least one display device;
• displaying, on the at least one display device, an X-axis of proxy values for talent values of an organization adjacent to the grid, and a Y-axis of proxy values for talent values of an employee of the organization adjacent to the grid;
• receiving, by the at least one input device, an input of a first talent metric;
• scaling the first talent metric to convert the first talent metric into a first proxy value;
• receiving, by the at least one input device, an input of a second talent metric;
• scaling the second talent metric to convert the second talent metric into a second proxy value;
• on the at least one display device, displaying, in a cell of the array that corresponds to an intersection of the first proxy value and the second proxy value on the X-axis and the Y-axis, a plotted talent position of the employee, and an indicator that visually indicates a distance between the cell and an alignment vector of the grid;
• wherein the alignment vector is defined by cells of the two-dimensional array for which the first proxy value is equivalent to the second proxy value, and
• wherein the distance between the cell and an alignment vector visually represents the extent of change needed in either or both the first or second talent metrics to achieve alignment between management and employee talent values.

A computing device, including at least one input device and at least one display device, configured to:

• display a plurality of cells of an array on the at least one display device, wherein each cell of the plurality corresponds to a different set of values of a first metric corresponding to talent metrics of an organization and a second metric corresponding to talent metrics of an employee of the organization;
• receive, by the at least one input device a first input which represents a talent value of the employee from a perspective of management of the organization for the first metric and a talent value of the employee from a perspective of the employee for the second metric;
• scale the value of the first metric of the first input to a first proxy value;
• scale the value of the second metric of the first input to a second proxy value;
• determine a first cell of the plurality of cells that corresponds to the first proxy value and to the second proxy value;
• provide, within the first cell of the at least one display device, a visual indicator indicating that the first cell is not within an alignment vector, wherein the alignment vector is defined by cells of the array for which the first proxy value equals or aligns with the second proxy value;
• receive, by the at least one input device a second input which represents a talent value of the employee from the perspective of management of the organization the first metric and talent value of the employee from the perspective of the employee for the second metric, wherein at least one of the values for the first metric and second metric is changed from the first input to the second input;
• scale the value of the first metric of the second input to a first proxy value;
• scale the value of the second metric of the second input to a second proxy value;
• after receiving the second input, determining a second cell of the plurality of cells that corresponds to the first proxy value and to the second proxy value;
• and
• providing, within the second cell on the at least one display device, a visual indicator indicating that the second cell is within the alignment vector.