At the 2025 Facet5 Connect Conference, we spoke with more than 60 experienced coaching practitioners from 17 countries and asked a simple question:

“What are you seeing change in practice right now?”

The consistency in their responses was striking.

From those conversations, we’ve identified five key shifts that are reshaping organisational coaching. These aren’t theoretical predictions - they’re real-world observations from practitioners working closely with leadership transitions, talent pipelines and evolving coaching models.

For organisations building a coaching culture, these shifts offer helpful signposts, highlighting where new opportunities are emerging, where challenges may be growing and where thoughtful design really matters.

We’re excited to share our growing series of eBooks designed to help individuals and organisations thrive.

From creating a strengths-based culture through to building true psychological safety, each eBook offers practical insights, tools, and strategies you can apply immediately. While the topics vary, they all share one powerful theme at their heart: personality - understanding it, valuing it, and using it to create healthier, higher-performing workplaces.

Whether you’re a leader, HR professional, coach, or team member these resources will help you deepen self-awareness, strengthen collaboration, and unlock potential across your organisation.

Our very own Grant Gemmell recently joined friend of Facet5, Chris Pether, on the PeopleSmart SAS podcast to explore a common challenge: the way personality is too often reduced to labels, colours, letters or types. 

Personality was never meant to put people in boxes. It’s far more powerful when used as a lens. A lens helps you notice:

• Your patterns

• Your blind spots.

• Your default reactions under pressure.

• The impact you may be having on others - often unintentionally.

In this episode, Grant and Chris dig into why self-awareness alone isn’t enough. It’s not a free pass. It’s not “that’s just how I am.”

Real growth begins when insight turns into intentional behavioural change. When leaders use personality not to justify themselves, but to stretch themselves.

If you’re curious about personality beyond the surface level, this episode will definitely give you something to reflect on.

We’d love to hear what resonates with you after listening.

You will all have heard the saying ‘a picture speaks a thousand words’, so it makes sense that the use of images in coaching and team-building brings a new perspective for both facilitator and participant. 

People often struggle to find the right words or to describe how they feel about an issue or their role in a team or situation - the use of images can provide an alternative method of expressing opinions and thoughts.

Practitioners, login to the Knowledge Hub to find a starter guide to spark some ideas on using image cards in your facilitation.

Plus, find details on how to purchase your own set of Facet5 image cards and how you can facilitate these type of activities virtually.