SDI – Strengths Deployment Inventory – A Definition

Strength – Identifying the characteristic strengths of behaviour and suggesting ways of using these strengths to achieve mutually productive outcomes with others.
Deployment – The displaying or unfolding of one’s behaviour to others.
Inventory – Taking stock of one’s values, motivation and behaviour.

How the SDI Works
• The SDI is a self development tool that gives us an indication of what really makes
• us tick and why we do the things we do. It looks at our values that ‘trigger’ our
• motivations when things are going well and when faced with conflict & opposition.
• The SDI is based on more than 30 years of research by psychologist Elias H Porter
• into self – concept from which he developed his Relationship Awareness Theory™

You will discover…
• A practical and simple approach to understand and improve all types of
• relationships (home, work, supplier, client, social or otherwise).
• A proven, memorable tool for improving team and individual skills in relationship
• building and conflict management.
• The ability to generate greater flexibility to respond to ever-more demanding
• working environments.
• A flexible instrument that can be applied to many areas including: Managing,
• Leading, Coaching, Communicating, Influencing Persuasion, Team Building,
• Negotiating.