Blog – NO2025-06-27T20:57:14+00:00

A collection of thoughts, reports
and articles from the Facet5 team

Lead Like a Coach: Using Personality to Unlock Potential

Leadership these days doesn’t just mean setting direction, managing resources, or making decisions. Increasingly it means inspiring, developing, and coaching others. But to lead as a coach, to bring out the best in people, one needs more than technique. You need awareness - of yourself, your style, and of others’.

Coaching with Heart: Why Personality Insight Changes Everything

When Sophie first came to coaching, she was frustrated. She had clear goals: step into leadership, get her team working well together, deliver results. But after three months, she felt stuck. Her coach was encouraging her to “be more structured, plan tighter, keep control.” Sophie tried, but each attempt left her drained and less motivated.

Leading with Strengths – Coaching People to Their Potential

Leadership is often seen as a role full of responsibility and expectation: setting direction, making decisions, delivering results. But the leaders who truly stand out aren’t the ones trying to do everything themselves. They’re the ones who know their own strengths, lead authentically, and help others unlock their potential. That’s where a strengths-based approach to leadership and coaching makes all the difference.

Harnessing Strengths to Build High-Performing Teams

When you think back to the best team you’ve ever been part of, what stands out? Chances are it wasn’t that everyone thought the same way or worked in the same style. More likely, it was you had a way of understanding each other, connecting beyond the work and that in a way each person’s strengths came together — balancing, complementing, and stretching one another to achieve something bigger than any individual could do alone. That is the power of team strengths.

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