Centacs Values Profile

In Short

Surface core values driving behaviour and decision-making
Best for: Values profiling instrument
Centacs Values Profile is a structured tool for coaching and facilitation. Surface core values driving behaviour and decision-making. It provides a repeatable framework that can be adapted to individual, team, and leadership development contexts.
Type of tool: Values profiling instrument
Expected outcomes:
- Improved ability to surface core values driving behaviour and decision-making
- Improved capacity to identify which values are most and least energising
- A concrete action or development plan to take forward from the Centacs Values Profile process

In Detail

Centacs Values Profile is a diagnostic instrument designed to help coaches, leaders, and facilitators surface core values driving behaviour and decision-making. It sits within the category of Values profiling instrument, making it particularly useful for practitioners working on capability development, team performance, and individual growth in organisational settings.

In practice, Centacs Values Profile is delivered as a 5-step process. The process begins by administer the Centacs Values Profile questionnaire. The session closes by use as input into career planning, role design, or team culture conversations. The structured approach ensures that participants move through a consistent experience while leaving room for the facilitator to adapt pacing and depth to the group's needs.

Centacs Values Profile is particularly valuable when objective data is needed to anchor a coaching conversation. Assessments reduce the risk of coaching being driven solely by the coachee's self-perception, introducing external reference points that open up new lines of inquiry and development.

How to Use

1. Administer the Centacs Values Profile questionnaire. 2. Score to reveal value priorities across the eight dimensions. 3. Debrief: identify which values are most and least energising. 4. Explore where current work or role aligns or conflicts with top values. 5. Use as input into career planning, role design, or team culture conversations.

Pros and Cons

Pros	Cons
Provides objective, data-driven insights that reduce reliance on self-perception alone Creates a concrete baseline for measuring development progress over time Gives the coachee language and evidence to discuss development needs with stakeholders	Requires validated instruments and trained practitioners to administer and interpret correctly Results can be threatening or demoralising if not framed carefully by the coach Data reflects a point-in-time snapshot and may become outdated as context changes

Created by Centacs

When to Use

This tool is suited to the following coaching and facilitation contexts:

Context	Relevant
Individual Coaching	✓
Team Coaching	✓
Leadership Development
Facilitation / Workshop	✓
Online / Virtual

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