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Hello September! 👋 The summer may be winding down here in the UK but there’s plenty happening at Facet5. Here’s a little peek at what’s waiting for you in this month’s update…
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Are your emerging leaders really ready to lead? Four signs they might need a little more development before making the leap into management.
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Mind the (leadership) gap. Our latest whitepaper explores the jump from individual expert to people leader – and what can help make that transition a little smoother.
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Six weeks. One big step into leadership. Take a look at our Emerging Leader Programme and discover how personality insight, coaching and real-world application come together.
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Less convincing, more exploring. Practical Practitioner tips to keep the conversation open.
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Facet5 are in Copenhagen! 🇩🇰 Visit us today (or tomorrow) at Træfpunkt HR.
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Want to get better at understanding people? Say no more. Find out how Facet5 Accreditation could add a powerful new skill to your toolkit.
Now, onto the good stuff. Keep scrolling, there’s plenty waiting for you below. 👇
The Facet5 Team
P.S. Don’t wait until next month to hear from us - follow us on LinkedIn, where you'll find fresh insights, practical tips and all the latest Facet5 news. |
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4 Signs your emerging leaders might not be quite ready for management |
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They’re brilliant at their job, they’re trusted, they deliver and so they get promoted. Makes perfect sense, right?
Well… mostly.
Because there’s a small detail that often gets overlooked when someone moves into management: Being brilliant at the job isn’t the same as being ready to lead the people doing the job.
Suddenly, your high performer is expected to delegate, give feedback, manage former peers, navigate difficult conversations, make decisions through uncertainty and somehow get results through other people. All while figuring out what kind of leader they actually want to be.
It’s quite a leap. |
| Developing your next generation of leaders? This blog is for you. |
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Are your high-potential people really ready to lead? |
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Download our Whitepaper ‘The Emerging Leadership Gap – When Responsibility Grows Faster than Leadership Capability' and explore the often-underestimated transition from individual expertise to leadership and what organisations can do to prepare their next generation of leaders.
Inside the whitepaper you will learn:
✓ The three shifts every emerging leader needs to make
✓ Where the pressure tends to appear
✓ How personality influences the transition
✓ What effective leadership development needs to provide
✓ Practical considerations for organisations developing emerging leaders |
| Get your copy here |
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Got some brilliant people who are ready to lead? |
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Don’t just give them a new title and wish them luck! Our six-week Emerging Leader Programme helps people understand themselves as well as their role. We support emerging leaders to build the self-awareness, confidence and practical skills to lead with intention.
With Facet5 insight, coaching, action learning and real-world application, it’s development that keeps going long after the programme. |
| Find out more about the programme |
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Practitioner Knowledge Hub 🔒
"That’s not me!" - What next? |
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Thankfully, it’s not something that happens very often – Facet5 tends to make people say, “that’s SO me!” But occasionally, someone may not immediately recognise themselves in their profile. And that’s okay. A good debrief isn’t about convincing someone that the profile is right; it’s about creating the space to explore what resonates, what doesn’t and why.
So, if you ever find yourself navigating a little scepticism, we’ve pulled together some practical tips to help you keep the conversation open, constructive and useful – and turn a moment of uncertainty into an opportunity for insight. |
| Practitioners, find these tips in the Knowledge Hub here |
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Copenhagen, we have arrived! 🇩🇰 |
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Today (16 September) and tomorrow (17 September) you will find us exhibiting at Træfpunkt HR 2026, Stand 149, talking personality, potential and the brilliance of being you!
Drop by the stand and pick-up your very own copy of SHINE - a book written for you, all about you; your personality, your strengths and what genuinely makes you tick.
In Copenhagen? Stop by stand 149 and say hello to John Langford, Elin Jensen and Grant Gemmell.
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Fancy getting a little better at understanding people? |
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Whether you coach, lead, work in HR or L&D, or spend your days helping teams work better together, understanding personality can make a BIG difference.
It can help you have better conversations, understand what makes people tick, adapt your approach and make sense of those moments when people just… see things differently.
Facet5 Accreditation gives you the insight, tools and confidence to put personality science into practice – and make it useful in the real world.
Our next programmes start at the end of this month and we’ve also got our 2027 dates ready to go if you’re planning ahead.
Already a Facet5 Practitioner? Then why not help teams get the best from one another.
TeamScape Accreditation gives you the tools to lead great team conversations – helping people understand their differences, tackle the tricky stuff and work out how to get the best from one another.
Our next programmes start in September and November 2026, with 2027 dates now available too.
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