Looking for
an alternative
to The Big Five?
C-me offers a practical, accessible approach to personal, team and organisational development by focusing on adaptable workplace behaviours. Rather than measuring abstract personality traits, C-me shows how behaviour shifts depending on context, role, and situation. It is designed for real-world application and immediate use in organisations of any size.
The Big Five is a research-based personality model that measures five broad trait dimensions: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. It is widely used in academic and occupational research where depth is most important, but places less emphasis on practical team application or behavioural adaptability in day-to-day workplace settings.
Companies creating high-performing teams with C-me
Why look for a Big Five alternative?
Both C-me and the Big Five are rooted in psychometric research. However, organisations sometimes explore alternatives when they are looking for a more practical, team-focused tool that is easier to embed into everyday working life.
What our clients say about us
"C-me is an innovative take on psychometric tests, allowing individuals to see their range of behaviours rather than being confined to a single personality type. It is thought-provoking and an easy way to understand how and why individual behaviour preference can alter team dynamics."
What makes C-me different?
C-me is designed to be accessible and transparent from the get-go, with straightforward pricing and no hidden charges to maintain access to the platform and resources.
We avoid boxing people into a single descriptor. C‑me reflects how behaviour flexes across different contexts, showing when and why this happens, giving individuals and teams a richer, more honest picture of how they actually operate.
Access reports, tailor content, share insights, explore team wheels, prepare for meetings, and use coaching tools, all in one place. C‑me’s platform is built around how people actually work, making it easy for individuals, managers and L&D teams to get ongoing value long after the initial workshop.
There is no need to master a complex system in order to remember your own profile and even those of everyone you’re working with. C-me's simple structure and language means individuals and teams can begin applying it straight away, in any industry and context.
Utilise the range of follow up materials and resources to integrate the value of C-me in your people development strategy. Add your branding to assessments, reports, platforms, and workshop materials, and embed C‑me into your existing tools and frameworks with ease.
Modern, accessible, direct language that speaks to real users. C‑me avoids the kind of psychometric jargon that leaves people confused or disconnected from their results. Everyone gets a profile that feels relevant, readable and genuinely theirs.
Our accreditation is designed for busy people who need immediate, practical value. You’ll finish the programme ready to deliver, with no lengthy prerequisites or extended time out of the business.
C-me goes far beyond a simple report. Our colour-based insights are delivered through a rich set of tools and applications, designed to keep adding value to your organisation long after the initial introduction.
C-me client testimonies
Hear from our satisfied clients as they share their experiences of using C-me.
Where C-me delivers impact
Transformed employee self-awareness and work relationships
Our personal behaviour profiles and 360-degree assessments provide insights into personal working styles, promoting better collaboration and stronger team dynamics.
Higher performing teams
Through our platform, the C-me Team Wheel visually maps out team members' work styles, facilitating mutual understanding and effective collaboration.
More adaptable and inspiring leaders
We provide personal and team behaviour profiles, along with workshop material, to help leaders understand each employee's optimal working conditions. These reports are valuable in all circumstances your people find themselves - for example, personal development, leadership training, resolving conflicts, planning communication campaigns.
Continual learning and growth opportunities
C-me’s accreditation certification, e-Learning tool and workshop materials focus on leadership, teamwork, and high-performance behaviours. They offer practical training that supports ongoing improvement and adaptability in the workplace.
FAQ’s
The Big Five is a personality trait framework used widely in research and occupational settings; C-me is a behavioural profiling system that focuses on observable behaviour and adaptation in real-world workplace settings.
Both are rooted in psychometric research and aim to increase self-awareness. They can both support personal and professional development and are underpinned by research into human behaviour. However, C-me applies this to observable, adaptable workplace behaviours rather than fixed trait dimensions.
C-me is fast to learn, simple to recall, and designed for real-world application in teams and organisations. It avoids fixed trait labels and provides an interactive digital platform, helping people apply insights from day one.
No. C-me does not assign people to fixed types or categories. Profiles show how behaviour flexes across different contexts, for example how a person responds under pressure compared to when working in their natural style. This produces a more representative and practically useful profile than a fixed trait label.
Yes. C-me is built on validated psychometric principles, combining Jungian theory with contemporary research into adaptable behaviour and workplace effectiveness.
C‑me is used by organisations of all sizes across a wide range of sectors, including the BBC, Virgin, NHS, HSBC, Premiership Rugby, Wuerth and Burges Salmon. It is suitable for leadership development, team building, coaching, recruitment and employee engagement programmes.
Why people love C-me
“C-me has allowed teams to have conversations about communication and behaviour in a clear, consistent and non-confrontational way.”
“C-me has given us valuable insight into potential group dynamics as well as a starting point to construct meaningful questions.”
“C-me is an enabler to support everyone at LMG to be more aware, involve the right people and to create a solution approach.”
“C-me has helped enable our teams in understanding and appreciating difference.”
“It helped us appreciate each other’s communication preferences better, and understand and avoid previous areas of misunderstanding.”
“Participants on the course state that they are more measured in their responses and have a greater understanding of peoples behaviour.”
“C-me has coloured our working world and improved our working relationships.”
“C-me has been a critical tool to enhance our new performance review process.”
“The great strength of C‑me is its accuracy and its simplicity to use.”

