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Understand motives
People see what drives themselves and others when things are going well.
Core Strengths SDI
Core Strengths SDI assessments and facilitation.
A practical way to help people understand what drives them, what happens under pressure and how to work better with others.
Who this is for
Useful when you want a practical starting point for team development.
SDI is especially helpful when a team needs shared language for difference, conflict and communication.
- Leadership teams
- Management teams
- Newly formed teams
- Cross-functional teams
- Sales and operations teams
- People teams
- Teams experiencing friction or change
- Cohorts of managers or emerging leaders
Common situations
When motives and working styles are shaping the work.
People are misreading each other's intent
Feedback or challenge becomes personal too quickly
Strengths become overdone under pressure
Conflict is avoided, escalated or handled inconsistently
The team needs common language without heavy theory
A development programme needs a practical diagnostic starting point
What changes
Relationship intelligence that people can actually use.
The point is not to label people as a colour or type. The value is in understanding why people do what they do, what they need to be at their best, and how conflict can be handled more intelligently.
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Spot overdone strengths
The team notices when a useful behaviour has become too much of a good thing.
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Communicate with less assumption
Feedback, praise and expectations can be adapted so they are easier to receive.
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Repair tension earlier
Conflict sequences become early warning signs rather than post-event explanations.
How it works
What a session can include.
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Individual SDI assessment
Each participant completes their Core Strengths assessment in advance.
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Personal profile debrief
People understand their motivational values, strengths and conflict sequence.
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Team map and shared patterns
The team sees where it is similar, where it is different and what that means in practice.
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Practical application
The work moves into real team situations: communication, feedback, handoffs, decision-making, conflict or stakeholder relationships.
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Action commitments
Participants leave with simple habits and commitments they can use immediately.
Relevant experience
Relevant SDI and relationship intelligence work.
In Kate's words
“SDI gives people language that changed how we communicate and collaborate. It's practical, relevant and made a real difference.”
Related resources
Related resources on relationship intelligence.
Want to use Core Strengths SDI with your team?
Kate can deliver standalone SDI workshops or integrate the tool into a wider team development programme.
Ask about SDI facilitation