Core Values Index™
Core Values Index™
Core Values Index™
The CVI™ is a way to measure how people are wired to make decisions and contribute.
Most problems between people are not caused by bad intent. They are caused by misalignment and a gap of clarity.
Different ways of deciding, acting, communicating, and measuring success go unnamed until something breaks.
The Core Values Index exists to close that clarity gap and make those differences visible.
Core Values Index™
The CVI™ is a way to measure how people are wired to make decisions and contribute.
Most problems between people are not caused by bad intent. They are caused by misalignment and a gap of clarity.
Different ways of deciding, acting, communicating, and measuring success go unnamed until something breaks.
The Core Values Index exists to close that clarity gap and make those differences visible.
Many tools describe how people talk about themselves. The CVI focuses on how people function naturally.
How People Use Their CVI Results
CAREER PLANNING
Work That Feels Like It Fits
Understand which roles energize you and which patterns might lead to misalignment before they show up at work.
Some jobs look good on paper but feel off once you're in them. That disconnect usually comes from misalignment, not lack of effort. The CVI helps you understand how you are wired to contribute, so your next step doesn't have to be a guess.
Whether you're early in your career, rethinking your path, or simply ready to feel more engaged in your work, the CVI gives you clarity. It reveals the kind of tasks and environments that align with how you make decisions, solve problems, and take responsibility.
RELATIONSHIPS
Understanding Starts Here
See how your decision-making patterns interact with those closest to you, especially when priorities differ.
Most misunderstandings aren't about intent. They're about how differently people approach priorities, pressure, and decisions. The CVI gives you language to describe those differences without blame.
Whether you're navigating a partnership, parenting, or close friendships, the CVI helps you see how your energy patterns interact with others. It doesn't tell you who's right. It shows you how to relate with more patience, awareness, and trust.
EDUCATION
Before the Track Is Chosen
Discover how you approach learning, decisions, and responsibility before you're expected to figure it out on the fly.
Some students thrive when challenged. Others need structure or space to process. The problem is, most don't know how they're wired before they're asked to choose a path.
The CVI helps students understand how they naturally engage with responsibility, decision-making, and learning itself. That clarity gives them a starting point, not just for school, but for how they approach life.
CAREER PLANNING — Work That Feels Like It Fits
Understand which roles energize you and which patterns might lead to misalignment before they show up at work.
Some jobs look good on paper but feel off once you're in them. That disconnect usually comes from misalignment, not lack of effort. The CVI helps you understand how you are wired to contribute, so your next step doesn't have to be a guess.
Whether you're early in your career, rethinking your path, or simply ready to feel more engaged in your work, the CVI gives you clarity. It reveals the kind of tasks and environments that align with how you make decisions, solve problems, and take responsibility.
RELATIONSHIPS — Understanding Starts Here
See how your decision-making patterns interact with those closest to you, especially when priorities differ.
Most misunderstandings aren't about intent. They're about how differently people approach priorities, pressure, and decisions. The CVI gives you language to describe those differences without blame.
Whether you're navigating a partnership, parenting, or close friendships, the CVI helps you see how your energy patterns interact with others. It doesn't tell you who's right. It shows you how to relate with more patience, awareness, and trust.
EDUCATION — Learning That Sticks
Understand how you naturally engage with learning and responsibility.
The CVI helps students understand how they naturally engage with responsibility, decision-making, and learning itself. That clarity gives them a starting point, not just for school, but for how they approach life.
What the CVI measures and what it does not
How people use the CVI
People use the CVI in different contexts, depending on what they are trying to understand.
- Individuals use it to better understand their own decision-making patterns and sources of energy
- Partners and families use it to understand recurring misunderstandings and tension
- Leaders and teams use it to make sense of differences in approach, pace, and responsibility
In each case, the CVI provides a shared reference point. It gives language to differences without assigning blame or hierarchy.
The CVI reveals your best contribution
The CVI measures how a person is naturally wired to contribute value. This shows up most clearly in decision-making, problem-solving, communication, and responsibility.
These patterns apply at work, in leadership, in families, and in close relationships.
The CVI does not measure:
- Skill
- Intelligence
- Character
- Values you choose or aspire to
Instead, it focuses on how people actually operate when something real is at stake. This distinction matters.
What the results represent
Your CVI result describes the relative strengths of different core value energies within you.
These energies are not good or bad. They are not ranked by worth. They describe where effort tends to feel natural and where it requires conscious compensation. This is why two capable people can approach the same situation in very different ways and both be sincere.
Why misalignment creates friction
When people struggle together, at work or in personal relationships, it is often assumed that someone needs to change. In practice, what is usually missing is clarity about:
- How decisions are made
- How problems are approached
- What feels natural versus draining
- The way effort and responsibility manifest
Without that clarity, people compensate. They guess, misinterpret intent, or assign moral weight to differences that are structural, not personal.
The CVI doesn't fix people. It reduces guessing.
Closing the clarity gap
Why people encounter the CVI at different moments
Some people encounter the CVI through work. Others through leadership or relationship questions. For some, it shows up because something feels persistently misaligned over time.
There is no right moment.
The CVI tends to be most useful after curiosity exists, not before.
A note on interpretation
Measurement alone is not insight.
Results become meaningful when they are interpreted carefully and in the context of real situations people actually encounter.
Many people revisit their results over time as roles change, responsibilities shift, and blind spots become easier to see.
Exploring your own results
How are you hardwired?
If this description matches something you recognize in yourself, you may want to explore your own CVI results.
Taking the CVI is not a commitment to change, improve, or optimize anything. It is simply a way to measure how you are naturally wired to decide, act, and contribute, so those patterns no longer have to be guessed at.
Some people find that having this baseline helps them interpret their own reactions more clearly. Others use it as a reference point in conversations with partners, family members, or colleagues.
Many people take the CVI simply to understand themselves more accurately.