The Strength Deployment
Inventory (SDI) is a proven, memorable tool for improving team effectiveness and
reducing the costs of conflict. It is the flagship assessment of a suite of
tools based on Relationship Awareness — a learning model for effectively and
accurately understanding the motive behind behaviour)
Seminar / workshop - Introduction into SDI (Self
Deployment Inventory)
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developed by humanistic psychologist
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used mainly in business setting to gain insight about
personal motivation system and conflict behaviour
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key concepts/ideas:
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Motivational
value system that is claimed to be fixed throughout our lives
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Self-perception is based on: 1) motivation, 2)
intention, 3) behaviour
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Others’ perception of us is based on: 1) behaviour
(that they see), 2) intention (that they guess) 3) motivation
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What is usually perceived as our weaknesses by others
are in fact badly managed, overdone strengths of ours (e.g. being observed as
inconsistent – in reality: flexibility overdone)
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in conflict situations, our motivational value system
and with that, our behaviour shifts in predictable ways throughout the three
stages of conflict, and results in personal conflict patterns called „Conflict
Sequence”
The members of our group did
the self-evaluation questionnaires. As it turned out, we almost all belonged to
the „Hub” category, with respect to motivational value system. Nevija drew our
attention to the fact that it may bring about situation where we are all so
flexible that no decision is reached and no action is taken, as the „Red”
position – that of giving directions and focusing on action - is not occupied
naturally by anyone in our group. (We did see some of this happening next day,
when having to decide about exact dates of meetings – everyone being so
flexible both about the process and the content, that it was hard to reach the
final word.)
So it seems that we can all
benefit from practicing how to take the lead – as we will do in our system of
„project management presidency”.
For parents, there are two
important ideas apparent from the short introduction into SDI that may be
applied in parent education:
1. Look
for the motivation behind the behaviour, when your child is doing something
annoying or off-track. (E.g. when a child is whining all day, perhaps she/he
needs to feel more connected to us, needs to fill his/her „love-tank”.)
2. In
a similar way, look for the ”strength” behind the weakness: e.g. In the previous example: a child not giving
up on whining has stamina to get what she/he needs.
Finally, Marco summed up SDI
as the following: „I love you all (blue) – we have to go (red) – the supper is
ready (green) – if you agree (hub).”
See Appendixes: Photos
The
work with our Motivation and Motivation of our companies and what we can
deliver and offer to the others:
Each of participants answered to the following questions:
What is the motivation to
participate for my company?
What is the motivation to
participate for me personally?
What can we
organise/offer/deliver to the others?
The answers/ideas were written down on the 4 wall poster. (See Appendixes: Photos (4 photos) and in the following