About SDI

Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI), what is it?

The SDI is an easy to learn, practical and immediately useful "life inventory" based on Relationship Awareness® theory. Utilised internationally for over 40 years the Strength Deployment Inventory delivers proven benefits, both business and personal, by increasing relating skills and decreasing the conflicts which damage or hold back relationships.

The following are some of the key outcomes and benefits that the SDI has delivered to our clients over the past 40 years:

Improves teamwork,
Develops managers & leaders,
Supports change management,
Drives sales,
Improves customer service,
Improves stakeholder relationships and,
Decreases conflict.

- Until your relationships come with manuals, you have the SDI!

One of the primary strengths of the SDI is how quickly and easily SDI gets people connecting, talking and really understanding each other. Across all levels of an organisation, and in any situation where achieving performance goals depends on people working effectively together, the SDI offers “eye-opening” insights that make it easy to achieve effective and profitable relationships.

Sound like SDI is the tool for you?

The following links provide further explanation, demonstrate common SDI applications and show you how to get SDI certified!

View a sample the SDI.
Watch a video with an overview of SDI and Relationship Awareness Theory.
Browse the Using SDI page to read about the practical applications and real life benefits of employing SDI in your business or,
Head to our SDI Certification page to find out how to bring the amazing benefits of SDI in your organisation.

Want to know more? Ready to get certified? Contact us today!

What’s Different about the SDI?

There are a range of self-assessment tools out there, we’re sure you’ve seen a few in your workplace, but this is the end of the road. Once you experience the insights of the SDI even once you'll know that it’s the only one you, your team and your organisation will ever need to get people relating more effectively.

SDI is easy to use and apply!

It's relevant to all levels across an organisation, from line workers to management, making it an ideal communication foundation to increase a culture of connectedness.

View a case study on the ease of applying SDI to established Australian Army training (PDF).

SDI makes recognising and harnessing differences easy!

It’s an inventory of the unique way we each value and prioritise different strengths, how we take different approaches and interpret the actions of others. This powerful knowledge allows individual strengths to be used to their ultimate effectiveness.

Check out this article on striking gold using SDI to harness individuals' motivations (PDF).

SDI illuminates the reason for our actions!

It’s a snapshot of who we are, revealing our driving motivational values in good times and in conflict. This makes the SDI significantly more enlightening than a system that simply uses past behaviour as an indicator of future actions.

See our FAQ on motivational vs. behavioural assessments for more information.

SDI depersonalises conflict!

It’s a unique, non-threatening method for conflict management, helping people to understand how they can reduce the potential for interpersonal conflict.

For practical applications head over to the Using SDI page and check out SDI and Conflict.

SDI is whole-of-life focused!

It takes a whole of life perspective rather than only focusing on work or specific roles. The lessons taught by SDI are lessons for life, and benefit all of your business and personal relationships.

Check out a family-focused case study on the non-work benefits of SDI.

Strong Relationships Mean Business Success!

Strong, effective relationships are essential to business success. Imagine how much more effective your business and personal relationships would be if you understood what sits behind the ways that people relate when things are going well, and in conflict. If you could put this awareness into practice, instead of relying on perceptions, assumptions and judgements that can result in misunderstandings and unnecessary conflict. It would be like having an instruction manual for relating with your colleagues, your clients, everyone!

Ask yourself:

Have you ever walked away from a situation thinking “That could have gone better”?
Does miscommunication have a negative effect on your business or personal relationships?
Could your teams be more productive if they just learned how to work better together?

If you haven’t seen the SDI then the answer to these questions is almost always “Yes!”, and that’s why our clients have been saying for 40 years that Strength Deployment Inventory is the best kept secret for building and maintaining excellent relationships.

So, as we said at the start, are you seeking to: