Using Strength Deployment Inventory to Improve Relationships

Event details: Recognising and dealing with interpersonal conflict is a crucial element in all relationships. The SDI (Strength Deployment Inventory) provides insights into how to recognise the first signs of conflict in others and shows how to respond appropriately to resolve a dispute before it gets out of hand or unwittingly causes further antagonism. We are licensed testers for the SDI, a learning resource that has been proved to be effective in building strong work relationships worldwide for more than 25 years. It enables everyone to understand the reasons why people do things that are perceived to be challenging, and how to manage challenge effectively. It also provides a useful, analytical tool to understand one's own abilities and motivations.

The SDI identifies personal strengths and motivations for an individual and how these relate to those of his/her colleagues, whether things are going well or badly. It demonstrates how to use these personal strengths effectively to improve working or personal relationships with others. Dr Elias H. Porter Phd. developed the SDI during the 1970s after working with Carl Rogers, and it has been used extensively in business since 1982. The SDI is an inventory which provides invaluable information and education on what motivates people under two conditions: (1) when everything is going well and (2) when they 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 - even more importantly - how we may be impacting on them and why we may not be getting the results we need. Furthermore, we learn how to recognise the real issues in relationships and thus how to tailor our language and approach to communicate in more flexible and effective ways which will head off challenge.

In our experience of using the SDI, it is common for participants to report that they have a:

• Recognition that all people simply do not feel the same way as they do about a given situation - and that this is all right. 
• Better understanding of themselves and others and how difference can - but does not need - to cause conflict.
• More personal like and respect of themselves and others. 
• Desire to try new and effective ways of relating to others. 
• Feeling of being more in charge of the management of their relations with others. 
• Better ability to be open and honest with others. 
• Better ability to give and receive feedback from others. These are not small benefits. This is an opportunity for insight and understanding, run in an informal workshop style with plenty of opportunities for interaction and discussion.

Further details: Programme: Interdependent Relationships The Technical vs. Human Dynamic Our Relating Styles - What Drives how Our Relationships Work Motivation: The Universal Goal Motivational Value Systems - What We All Really Want Strength Deployment Inventory Relating Styles Explained - From Ambulance To Snow Mobile The Dynamic Triangle Strengths and Overdone Strengths Who values what: Motivators and Demotivators Giving Feedback That Works What Winds you Up - And How to Stop It Unwarranted conflict - What it is and How to Resolve It How We Each Approach Conflict - A Three Stage Process How to Recognise When Conflict Is Occurring - And How to Stop It In Its Tracks You control the way you feel It's Not What Happens, It's How You React To What Happens. The Meaning of Communication Is The Result You Get. Evaluation and Close

Who should attend: Those who would like to learn more about the SDI Inventory and apply it to improve relationships.

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