Every organization wants to retain top talent and build a strong leadership pipeline—but without visibility into your workforce, those goals are hard to reach. That’s where Talent Review comes in. It’s not just another meeting. It’s a powerful, data-driven conversation that can shape your company’s future.

With Oracle Talent Management Cloud, Talent Review becomes more than a check-the-box HR activity. It’s a strategic tool that helps you align talent with business goals, identify flight risks, and make smart, timely decisions about employee development and succession planning.

What is a Talent Review?

At its core, a talent review is a collaborative conversation between HR and business leaders. The goal? To assess the strengths, gaps, and future potential of the team. It’s your opportunity to answer questions like:

• Who are our high-potential employees?
• Are we at risk of losing critical talent?
• Do we have enough diversity in our leadership pipeline?
• What development opportunities do we need to prioritize?

Traditionally, these conversations were based on gut instinct and static spreadsheets. Oracle Talent Review changes the game by bringing real-time data, visual tools, and automation into the process.

Oracle Makes Talent Reviews Seamless and Scalable

With Oracle, HR professionals and managers can access the Talent Review tile from the My Client Groups dashboard. From there, it’s easy to launch or join a talent review meeting and access critical information, including:

• Meeting name and date
• Status of content review and data submissions
• Participants and their readiness levels
• Notes, tasks, and follow-up items

And because everything is digital and trackable, you can manage multiple reviews across departments with ease—and ensure nothing falls through the cracks.

The 9-Box Grid: Your Strategic Secret Weapon

One of the most powerful features in Oracle Talent Review is the configurable 9-box grid. This visual matrix maps employees based on performance and potential (or any custom dimensions your organization chooses). It’s a dynamic way to evaluate teams, spot trends, and identify opportunities for development, succession, or even redeployment.

Here’s what you can do within the grid:

• Filter by attributes like age, gender, location, job, risk of loss, and more
• Compare current talent distribution with previous years
• Dive deep into individual profiles with the ability to add notes, tasks, and development goals
• Identify gaps in diversity, readiness, or skillsets
• Take immediate action, like assigning someone to a succession plan or a talent pool

Data-Driven Conversations That Deliver Results

Oracle Talent Review isn’t just about collecting information—it’s about putting it to work. When HR and business leaders sit down together with live data and visual tools, they’re able to:

• Have more objective and transparent conversations
• Back up decisions with data
• Align talent strategy with business needs
• Create accountability for development and follow-through

And with options like “View Prior Ratings,” you can track changes over time to see if your development strategies are really making an impact.

From Insight to Action

What sets Oracle apart is the ability to move seamlessly from insight to action—during the meeting itself. Want to add someone to a development plan? Do it in real-time. Need to assign a mentor, set a priority task, or initiate a succession plan? You’re a click away.

Talent pools can also be created and tracked directly within Talent Review. For example, if you want to focus on developing “emerging leaders,” you can build a pool, associate it with relevant reviews, and monitor their growth over time.

Make Talent Reviews a Strategic Advantage

The companies that win the talent game aren’t waiting until problems arise—they’re using tools like Oracle Talent Management Cloud to stay ahead. With Talent Review, you’re not just evaluating talent. You’re creating a roadmap for workforce success.

Whether you’re running a quarterly review for a business unit or a company-wide leadership assessment, Oracle gives you the structure, insights, and flexibility to turn Talent Review into a true strategic advantage.

Learn More

For more information about Oracle Talent Management, visit the Quest Talent Management Strategic Content Center. Also, be sure to join the Cloud-HCM Community Group to connect with other Oracle Cloud users!