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SDI (Strength Deployment Inventory) We use a number of
inventories and self-assessment profilers to help people know themselves
better and get on with others. We think that they are great tools for
personal development and improving effectiveness. But they must be relevant
and user friendly, and produce information that genuinely helps. The SDI is
an excellent inventory that is both effective and fun to use. It is not
complex but is a valid instrument and very cost effective. We are confident
that you will find it useful for you in a number of applications, for example: People Management, Leadership, Conflict management &
Inter-personal Skills The SDI measures
your personal strengths and motivations and identifies how you behave when
things are going both good and bad. It allows you to see how others see you
and to understand others better. The SDI is
published in the UK by Personal Strengths Publishing (UK) Ltd. Here is some more
information on the instrument provided by them.
New ideas, initiatives,
programmes all have structure – a framework which provides us with what has
to be done to ensure the success of the project. However, it is the people
and the way they relate to each other that will dictate the degree of success
achieved. Improving the quality of these relationships is where the SDI has
immediate and long lasting impact. The Strength Deployment Inventory is a learning resource
that has been proved to be effective in building strong relationships
worldwide for more than 25 years. It enables everyone to understand the
reason why people do things rather than just observe and react to what
is done. More than this, the SDI identifies for
individuals their personal strengths and motivations and how these relate to
those of their colleagues – whether things are going well or badly. It
demonstrates how to use these strengths effectively to improve working or
personal relationships with others. This paper-based questionnaire was developed in the
USA during the 1970s by Dr Elias H. Porter Phd. and it has been used
extensively throughout Europe since 1982. The SDI is not a test which may list
behavioural types and is not an instrument for selection. It is an inventory, which provides invaluable
information on what motivates a person under two conditions; when everything
is going well and when you are faced with conflict or opposition. This is vital information because it means we can understand why certain people have the impact on us they do and how we may be impacting on them! Furthermore, we learn how to recognise the real issues in relationships and how to tailor our language accordingly to communicate in more flexible and effective ways. Recognising and dealing with inter-personal
conflict is a crucial element in all relationships but especially within
teams. The SDI provides insights into how to recognise the first signs
of conflict in others and shows how to respond appropriately to resolve the
dispute before it gets out of hand or unwittingly causes further antagonism. Who are Personal Strengths Publishing (UK) Ltd? Personal Strengths Publishing (UK) Ltd or PSP is
the sole provider of the SDI in Europe. Established in Britain since 1982,
the company has grown in size and reputation with a broad client base of
major businesses, institutions, sections of the armed forces and government
administrations. PSP provides the mandatory SDI Certification workshops
throughout Europe. It is during these workshops that the essential methods of
presentation and interpretation are demonstrated. APPLICATIONS
OF THE SDI® LEADERSHIP TRAINING Participants learn about the four basic leadership
styles, when and where they are likely to be most productive: Management by
Enablement, Management by Direction, Management by Exception and Management
by Consensus. SUPERVISORY SKILLS Participants learn to recognise and assess the
incentives to which different individuals respond. Skills include how to
provide supervision so that it builds on strengths and offers opportunities
for personal and professional growth. TEAM BUILDING Participants learn to recognise the different
strengths others can bring to the job as well as how they can help each
other. They learn to appreciate key issues of concern that people with other
styles bring to task assignments. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT Conflict can be warranted or unwarranted.
Participants learn to distinguish the difference and identify the
circumstances where they might encounter one or the other type of conflict. They
also learn how others respond and what those responses mean. Conflict
management does not necessarily mean conflict resolution. ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING Assertiveness training should not mean
aggressiveness training but should involve how to assert one’s beliefs and
ideas. Participants benefit most when they recognise in their behavior what
bolsters and what diminishes inner sense of self-worth. TIME MANAGEMENT People with different Motivational Value Systems™
are subject to different time-traps. In addition, people can use standard
timesaving techniques with differing degrees of success depending upon the
fit of a given technique with their Motivational Value System™. CAREER DEVELOPMENT Relationship Awareness™ helps people to recognize
not only what brings them a sense of self-worth and dignity, but also to
recognise reward-rich and reward-poor career environments. SALES TRAINING Participants learn to distinguish between the
different Motivational Value Systems™ of their customers and to recognise the
impact of their selling style on their customers. Tailoring communication to
fit the customer helps increase sales effectiveness. CUSTOMER RELATIONS The ability to quickly recognise in others what
they most value in a relationship, or what they consider to be issues of
prime concern, sets the groundwork for establishing positive customer
relations. EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM TRAINING Especially where safety is contingent upon the
ability of individuals to interact constructively with one another under
pressure. Relationship Awareness™ can significantly heighten the ability to
give and receive feedback. FBS will be pleased to design and run
workshops for you using the SDI to help improve the interpersonal effectiveness
of your staff. As you can see it has a wide variety of applications and is
effective and good fun to use, which makes learning more successful. |
