Strength Deployment Inventory®

Manage Conflict

and Improve

Relationships

Strength Deployment Inventory®

• Quick

• Memorable

• Easy

• Fun

• Insightful

Strength Deployment Inventory®

Universal acceptance by

participants, promotes the

use of easy language to

open otherwise challenging

conversations.

Feels like only 20 questions to

participants, but is actually a

remarkably valid and reliable

60 item psychometric.

Traditional Behavioral Typologies

Relationship Awareness TheoryPast

Performance

Motives, Priorities,

Value System

Demand & Reward

Structure of the

Environment

Predicted

Performance

Past

Performance

Predicted

Performance

Academic Foundation

Author – Elias H. Porter, Ph.D., colleague of

Carl Rogers at the University of Chicago.

Well-regarded psychologist, author,

practitioner and researcher.

SDI – consistently excellent statistical results

for reliability and validity. Peer reviewed.

Theory – connections to client-centered

psychology (Rogers et. al.), social psychology

(Fromm and Freud) and original contributions

in conflict management (Porter).

Sample SDI Item

During conflict with others, I tend to…

accommodate

them and their

needs.

take time to think

things through on

my own.

do something

about the issue

right away.

Distribute 10 points to show how much each

of the three sentence endings are like you.

SDI Editions

Premier Component

Standard Online

Feedback

Expectations

SDI – Paper or Online

SDI – Not Limited to Self-Awareness

Individual or 360-Degree

Feedback and Expectations

focused on relationships.

Feedback and ExpectationsHow people perceive each other

What people expect of each other

KimAndy

Andy’s

Feedback

to Kim

Andy’s

Expectations

of Kim

21

Portraits

Self-assessment Expectations Feedback

Other Languages & Versions

English Versions:

Easy-reading versions (PVI)

UK English (behaviour, analyse, etc.)

Other Languages:

Arabic

Dutch

French

German

Korean

Portuguese

Slovene

Spanish

Swedish

Typical SDI Results

• Better results from conflict

• Fewer conflicts

• Improved relationships

• Increased understanding

• Fewer misunderstandings

• Resolve old, unaddressed conflict

• Better teamwork and communication

SDI Results Can Be Measured

• Increased willingness to work on future projects or teams

• Increased productivity of trained groups vs. untrained groups

• Increased morale per surveys

• Reduced time spent managing conflict

• Reduced employee turnover related to conflict

• Reduced complaints/grievances, or complaints solved earlier

SDI is the Relationship Piece of…

• Leadership Development

• Team Building

• Sales Training

• Mediation Skills Training

• Negotiation

• Communication

• Project Management

• Planning or Strategic Decision Making

• Virtually any training or development program

For more information…George NortonAccount Relationship Manager

SDI Master Facilitator

Tel: 203.204.2470 or 800.624.7347

Email: george@ps4sdi.com

Personal Strengths NA, LLC

PO Box 2605,

Carlsbad, CA 92018