A proven, memorable method for developing productive relationships, improving team effectiveness and reducing the hidden costs of conflict.
Differing work styles and conflict can lead to reduced efficiency, ineffective teamwork, increased employee absence, and even loss of good people. But there really are ways to “have a nice conflict” – a conflict that actually improves team interactions and enhances productivity. The Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI®) was developed with the understanding that the quality of an organization is impacted by the effectiveness of its relationships. People can work together more effectively when they better understand themselves and co-workers and feel more in control of their own behaviour choices—both when things are going well and during conflict.
Real Results for the Real World
| Any organization where individuals must work together towards shared goals will find value in the SDI. As an invaluable self-discovery tool, participants gain insight into—and control over—the strengths they already have. And the proprietary graphical score charting method allows teams to see everyone’s results on a common scoring triangle. In vivid color, individuals learn how differences in relating styles represent the individual strengths and diversity of their team. It also highlights how these differences might lead to conflict and misunderstanding. |
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The Strengths of the Strength Deployment Inventory
Unlike other personality assessments, the SDI goes beyond behaviour to identify the motivation behind behaviour—answering “why” individuals act the way they do. It becomes easier to accept a person’s actions when you understand what drives them from within. The SDI is also the only tool that displays results as a group. The exclusive graphical scoring method allows participants to see their own results and the dynamics of their entire team in a highly memorable format. Plus, by measuring motivation and conflict, the SDI is actually two assessments in one.
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Based on Elias H. Porter’s theory of Relationship Awareness, these practical learning tools work to help people control the outcomes of their relationships with others. Applications include:
Leadership Development
Change Management
Organizational Culture
Coaching
Communication Skills
Project Management
Conflict Management
Team Building |
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Strength Deployment Plus: 360-Degree Learning with the SDI
Learning is further enhanced when the SDI is supplemented with our other relationship building assessments.
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The Feedback Edition of the Strength Deployment Inventory can be used for both one-on-one and 360-degree applications to stimulate changes in perception and/or behaviour. The Expectations Edition of the Strength Deployment Inventory is used to clarify expectations in personal and professional situations. Comparing the results from this tool with a person’s SDI results suggests ways to borrow strengths or change expectations to be more effective and have a higher level of satisfaction in a situation or relationship |
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How the Strength Deployment Inventory Works
Accepting and Non Threatening
SDI training and coaching seeks not to change you as a person but to give you a better understanding of the range of behaviours you could choose and of the likely impact of these others, so you become more productive with more people in more situations.
Those who have experienced the benefits of the SDI, report one of its main strengths is its ability to create a non-threatening environment where people and teams can discuss differences in personality and approaches. By doing this people find ways to work more productively with each other, dramatically improving team effectiveness and significantly reducing interpersonal conflicts.
Easy to Use, Practical and Highly Accurate
The Strength Deployment Inventory is self administered and self scoring and includes thorough descriptions of the resulting scores. This encourages continuous learning as participants are able to refer to their SDI to gain insights into events in both their personal and working relationships.
How the SDI Works
When completing an SDI the person responds to statements that look at the following two situations:
- When things are going well (in life not just at work)
- When things are not going well (in life not just at work)
No Right or Wrong Answers
There are no right or wrong answers or ideal scores. Each persons score will position them in two areas on a unique coloured triangle which is then explained in terms of their Motivational Values (those core values that the person uses as perceptual filter to judge themselves and others by, and to build their self worth)
Why is Motivation so Important?
Your behaviour will often be variable, depending on the circumstances and what you are seeking to achieve. It's this variability that gives us the opportunity to learn and develop more effective choices of behaviour for the future as well as changing unproductive behaviours.
However, your underlying motivation remains constant and is therefore a more reliable reference to work with when seeking to understand intentions.
Visual and Memorable
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The 7 Motivational Value Systems (which expand into over a million individual positions) are colour coded for ease of use and are memorable well after the SDI has been administered (or when training ends).
The clear simple language and highly visual nature of the SDI scores when chartered on the coloured triangle, as well as the ability to chart mulitiple scores for teams, makes this a powerful tool for one on one coaching and wider group training.
What makes the SDI both easy to complete and remember is that it uses 3 colours, Blue, Red and Green and their blend represents the following 7 Motivational Value Systems |
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Altruistic – Nurturing
The protection, growth and welfare of others. Looking for opportunities to support those who may need help
Assertive - Directing
Tasks accomplishment, organisation of people, time and money plus any other resources to win out against opposition and be seen as an achiever.
Analytical - Autonomising
The assurance that things have been properly thought out, self-dependence, taking time to get things ‘right’ looking for ways to improve quality
Flexible - Cohering
Flexibility, the welfare of the group and for belonging in the group. Keeping options open, consensus and harmony within groups
Assertive - Nurturing
The protection, growth and welfare through task accomplishment and leadership. Enthusiasm for the development of others.
Judicious - Competing
Intelligent assertiveness, justice, order and fairness in competition. Strategic thinking where all resources are used to achieve goals
Cautious – Supporting
Affirming and developing self-sufficiency in self and others. Concern for thoughtful helpfulness with regard to justice.
Excellerate SDI Training and CoachingIf you would like to discuss how the Strength Deployment Inventory and an accredited facilitator could be used as an integral part of your employee and team development strategies then please contact us in confidence.
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