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How well do you know Spiral Dynamics®?

Our free Spiral Dynamics integral knowledge test helps you explore your understanding of the model and identify where you may want to deepen your learning.

The test includes 45 multiple-choice questions and takes most people around 35 minutes to complete. After completion, you’ll receive a PDF with your scores and explanations for any incorrectly answered questions.

A useful next step for coaches, consultants, trainers, leaders, HR professionals, and anyone interested in human development, values, and systems thinking.

Take the free test here:
https://www.valuematch.net/knowledge-test/

I am very happy to announce that Sandra Weber and I will do another free “From Pressure to Coherence” workshop on October 5th.

It is an opportunity to reflect on how your decisions change based on your state of mind.

When pressure rises, we often fall back on familiar patterns. These patterns may have helped us in the past, but they do not always help us see clearly in the present.

In this workshop, we will explore how to recognize what happens inside us under pressure, and how to move towards more coherence, clarity and grounded decision-making.

For leaders, coaches, consultants and anyone working with people and change, this is a valuable lens. Especially when decisions need to be made in complex situations.

You are warmly invited to join us.

Register here:
https://www.valuematch.net/register-pressure-to-coherence/

What motivates you to get out of bed?

For some people it is achievement. For others it is connection, purpose, stability, freedom, or the wish to contribute to something larger.

Spiral Dynamics helps us understand these deeper value systems and how they shape the way people think, work, lead, collaborate and respond to change.

At ValueMatch, we offer a free online introduction to Spiral Dynamics for anyone who wants to explore this model and its practical relevance for people, teams and organizations.

You can register here:
https://www.valuematch.net/register-sdi-intro/

Adapting to the situation is becoming a core leadership skill.

Like a conductor leading an orchestra, effective leaders need to sense what is happening, understand the different voices in the room, and respond in a way that helps the whole system move forward.

Through the lens of Spiral Dynamics, leadership becomes more than choosing a style. It becomes the ability to recognize the values, needs and tensions present in a situation, and to adapt your approach accordingly.

In our free online workshop on Situational Leadership, we explore how different value systems ask for different forms of leadership, and how this can help you work more effectively with people, teams and organizations.

Register here:
https://www.valuematch.net/register-situational-leadership/

If you already know Spiral Dynamics, you may also have experienced the challenge of translating the model into practical work with clients, teams and organizations.

That is exactly what the ValueMatch Certified Practitioner Training is designed for. You learn to work with our values, change, team and culture assessments, and to apply them in coaching, team coaching, consulting and HR work.

Since 2010, we have built a worldwide community of ValueMatch practitioners who use these instruments to make deeper value systems visible and workable in real situations. It is a community of professionals who keep learning, sharing and developing the practical application of Spiral Dynamics.

Our next ValueMatch Certified Practitioner Training starts on June 25th.

If you want to move beyond theory and use Spiral Dynamics in a practical, professional way, this training is for you.

More information and registration:
https://academy.valuematch.net/course/vcp-june-2026

The way people work together is shaped by more than strategy, structure, or process.

Our values influence how we lead, make decisions, handle conflict, respond to change, and organize work. At the same time, the conditions around us shape which values become active. A stable environment asks something different from us than a crisis. A start-up culture activates different strengths than a regulated institution. A team under pressure behaves differently than a team with trust and space.

Spiral Dynamics helps you see these deeper patterns.

In our free introduction course, you will learn how values and life conditions interact, and how this can help you better understand people, teams, leadership, and organizational change.

It is a practical first step for coaches, consultants, HR professionals, trainers, and leaders who want to work more consciously with the human side of complexity.

Join the free introduction here:
www.valuematch.net/introsd

We are very happy to share this article, based on an interview with our colleague and ValueMatch Practitioner, Joop van Waas. Joop is a seasoned leader and executive coach, who shares his unique approach that integrates body, mind, and a values-based approach. Joop has a personal style of engaging that makes you feel at ease right from the start. We tried to convey this as much as possible in the article. Enjoy a few minutes with Joop!

Https://www.valuematch.net/joop

Leadership is not one-size-fits-all.

Different organizational environments ask for different forms of leadership. A start-up, a professional bureaucracy, a people-oriented culture, a performance-driven organization, or a self-managing team each activates different values, expectations, and ways of working.

Spiral Dynamics helps you recognize these underlying patterns.

In our free online workshop Situational Leadership, we explore how leadership styles relate to values and organizational culture. You will learn why some leaders thrive in one context but struggle in another, and how to better align leadership, people, and the organizational ecosystem.

This is especially relevant for coaches, consultants, HR professionals, trainers, and leaders who work with organizational change and development.

Register for free here:
https://www.valuematch.net/register-situational-leadership/

Behavior is visible. Values run deeper.

In teams, organizations and societies, we often respond to what people do. But if we want to understand why they do it, we need to look at the values and life conditions underneath the behavior.

That is where Spiral Dynamics becomes practical.

In our Spiral Dynamics Level 1 Masterclass, you learn to recognize the deeper value systems that shape people, cultures and change processes. You learn how to apply the model in coaching, leadership, organizational development and social change.

The training starts on September 23, 2026 and combines online learning with 8 instructor led sessions over 3 months.

For coaches, consultants, leaders and professionals who want to navigate complexity with more clarity and depth.

Learn more and register here:
https://academy.valuematch.net/course/sdi-1-september-2026

Life rarely moves in a straight line.

We grow through experiences, challenges, choices, setbacks, and new perspectives. Along the way, our values shape how we see the world, what motivates us, and where we feel most at home.

ValueMatch Assessments help make those deeper drivers visible. They offer insight into personal values, team dynamics, leadership, change, and organizational culture.

For coaches, consultants, HR professionals, and leaders, this creates a practical starting point for better conversations, stronger alignment, and more conscious development.

What values guide your next step?

Find out more and take a ValueMatch Assessment:
https://www.valuematch.net/product-category/assessments/