LEADERSHIP FACETS™

The origin

Born from a gap in the field.

After decades advising boards and C-suites, we kept encountering the same problem: organizations making high-stakes leadership decisions — promotions, successions, development investments — based on incomplete or biased data. The tools available were either too blunt (standard 360° surveys) or too narrow (single-rater performance reviews).

Leadership Facets™ was developed to fill that gap. The methodology draws on behavioral science, organizational psychology, and decades of practitioner experience to produce a multi-dimensional picture of how an executive actually leads — not how they think they lead, and not how one stakeholder perceives them.

The result is an assessment that gives organizations the confidence to make consequential decisions, and gives executives the clarity to grow.

A more complete view

A more complete view of executive leadership.

Leadership is experienced differently depending on where one sits within an organization. Board members and supervisors, direct reports, peers, senior colleagues, employees, and other key stakeholders interact with an executive from different vantage points — each revealing a different facet of the leader's effectiveness and impact. Leadership Facets brings those perspectives together, identifying where they converge, where they differ, and what the collective picture reveals about executive leadership. The result is not simply a collection of opinions. It is an integrated assessment of how leadership is experienced across the organization and what those experiences mean for the executive and the organization.

Beyond the traditional 360°

Beyond the traditional 360°.

Leadership Facets builds on the foundation of a traditional 360° review but goes further. In addition to gathering feedback from those who experience the executive's leadership from different vantage points, the process integrates confidential interviews, quantitative and qualitative feedback, leadership self-assessment, organizational context, and professional analysis. We examine not only what stakeholders are saying, but why they are saying it, where perspectives align or differ, and what those patterns reveal about the executive's leadership effectiveness and organizational impact. Rather than simply reporting scores or individual comments, Leadership Facets identifies patterns across perspectives and translates those findings into a comprehensive picture of leadership effectiveness and clear priorities for continued development.

From insight to action

From insight to action.

Leadership Facets does more than report scores or individual comments. It translates the collective findings into meaningful development priorities and practical recommendations that give the executive and organization a clear path forward. Each engagement culminates in a confidential assessment that brings together the major themes and patterns emerging across stakeholder perspectives. The findings provide a foundation for recognizing and building upon leadership strengths, addressing areas that may be limiting effectiveness, and establishing priorities for continued leadership development. Where appropriate, Leadership Facets can also provide a foundation for subsequent executive coaching, leadership development planning, team effectiveness work, or other targeted developmental support.

Designed for senior leadership

Designed for senior leadership.

Leadership Facets is designed for presidents, CEOs, chancellors, senior executives, cabinet and executive team members, and other leaders whose effectiveness depends upon their ability to lead across multiple constituencies and organizational perspectives. The process can be used as part of ongoing executive development, at significant points in a leader's tenure, or when an organization wants a deeper understanding of leadership effectiveness, organizational relationships, and opportunities for continued growth.

Discuss Leadership Facets with us

Every engagement is tailored to the executive, the organization, and the leadership context.

To learn more about Leadership Facets™ or discuss whether the assessment may be appropriate for your organization, reach out directly to: