The Five Facets of Business™ Operating System

Lead a Business That Carries Its Own Weight

Most businesses don’t struggle because they lack a plan, but because what used to work no longer holds as the business grows and becomes more complex.

Frameworks and tools get added, but they don’t stick—and the burden stays with you.

Put a system in place your team can actually run, so ownership shifts back onto the

business, execution sticks, and you are no longer the one holding it all together.

Help Your Clients Build a System That Works

Help Your Clients Build a System That Works

Become a Five Facets of Business™ Certified Operator and give your clients the one thing most frameworks never deliver: a business that runs without them.

Become a Five Facets of Business™ Certified Operator and give your clients the one thing most frameworks never deliver: a business that runs without them.

THE PROBLEM

You already know how to consult. The question is whether your clients' results outlast your involvement.

Most consultants help clients build good systems. But when the engagement ends, the weight of running those systems slides back onto the owner — because the system was never designed to transfer ownership in the first place.You've probably seen it. A client who made real progress during your engagement, then slowly reverted. Not because they weren't trying. Because nothing in the system was built to make the change stick. The Five Facets of Business™ was built specifically to solve that problem.

THE FRAMEWORK

Five facets of a business.

Three leadership conversations.

One integrated operating system.

The Five Facets of Business™ Operating System connects Culture, Strategy, Operations, Story, and Finance into one system — so that decisions, priorities, and actions reinforce each other instead of working against each other. Most frameworks organize the work. Five Facets changes how people own it.Certified consultants leave engagements knowing their clients can run the system without them. That's not a bonus. That's the point.

What's Included

Five Facets of Business™ Operator Certification

  • Full understanding of the Five Facets of Business™ Sales, Discovery and Implementation processes.

  • 9 pre-work video modules with companion worksheets (approx. 8 hours total)

  • 9 companion worksheets — one per module, designed to be applied to a real business

  • Access to the Five Facets of Business™ video library and implementation tools — ongoing at $250/month

  • Two-day live certification workshop with Dave Newell and Hannah Pniewski

  • Attend a mock client call, designed by the Certified Operator trainer

  • Listing in the Five Facets of Business™ certified consultant directory

  • Digital certification badge and promotional materials

  • Monthly Certifieds Check-In with the Evolve team

  • Access to the private 5F Consultant Community

  • Weekly office hours during your certification period

Practice Diagnostic: Five Facets of Business
Practice Diagnostic

You already know how to fix it.
The harder question is whether it survives you leaving.

Eleven questions about how you actually run engagements, not how you'd like to run them. At the end, you'll see which one habit is most likely costing you repeat business, and exactly what to fix first.

Free, right now. About 3 minutes.

Step 1 of 3

Your Practice Today

Quick context. No wrong answers here.

Step 2 of 3

One System, or Separate Fixes?

This is the first thing that separates engagements that hold from ones that don't.

Step 3 of 3

Does It Hold When You Leave?

The part almost nobody measures. Let's see what your answers show.

Your Result
0% Burden to Belief

The leak below is almost always why.

Where it's leaking

Why You Could Benefit from The Five Facets of Business Certification

Our framework connects Culture, Strategy, Operations, Story, and Finance into one system, finds the real problem instead of the stated one, and transfers ownership from the leader to the team, so what you build together keeps running once you're gone.

Our certification is a course where you get certified on the framework and can use it with your own clients, plus a 5F Operators Community full of benefits. The certification consists of:

  • Nine training modules, about 8 hours, done at your own pace
  • A live two-day workshop with Dave Newell and Hannah Pniewski
  • Attend a mock client call, designed by the Certified Operator trainer
  • Once certified: the private 5F Operators Community, monthly check-ins with Dave and Hannah, a directory listing, and a digital badge

Book a Free Call with Hannah

Save your result. Come back after your next engagement and see if it's changed.

Who is this for?

Five Facets of Business™ Operator Certification

This Certification is for you if:

Not a fit if:

You're an established consultant, coach, or fractional leader who wants to add a complete operating system to your work

You're looking for a passive income product or a quick certification

You want a proven framework with real support behind it — not just a methodology you figure out alone

You're not currently active in a consulting, coaching, or advisory capacity

You're ready to build a consulting practice around something that genuinely transfers ownership to clients

You're frustrated that your engagements produce results that don't last

NEXT WORKSHOP IS COMING UP

Must sign up by October 20th to participate

October 22nd & 23d, 2026

Who Is This NOT For?

PRICING

Get Certified

Five Facets of Business™ Operator Certification

$250/m

+$2500 one-time enrollment fee

No contracts - cancel anytime

Not sure yet? Still have some burning questions for our team?

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to be a full-time consultant to enroll?

No — but you should be actively working with business clients in some capacity. The certification is designed for practitioners, not people learning consulting from scratch.

What happens after the workshop?

You will practice via a simulated engagement, then receive your full certification. From there, you have full access to run Five Facets engagements independently, partner with Evolve on shared engagements, or both.

What does $250/month give me?

Ongoing access to the full video training library, the private consultant community, monthly check-ins with the Evolve team, your directory listing, and all future updates to the framework and tools.

How long does certification take?

The next workshop is October 22nd & 23rd, 2026. Pre-work takes 2–3 weeks, so enrolling by early October keeps you on track. After the workshop, you will practice via a simulated engagement.

Is this for business owners or for consultants?

Just for consultants.

How long does it take to complete the course?

About 8 hours total, spread across 9 modules. Most people complete it over 2-3 weeks. You must finish the course before the workshop.