Get Qualified in SDI
We will enable you to go solo in Relationship Awareness Facilitation
We won’t be asking you to jump out of aeroplanes but we will be working with you to enable you to leap into the exciting and rewarding area of Relationship Awareness & the use of the SDI & other Relationship awareness tools to help you make a difference to individuals, teams and organisations that you work for or with. We will:
- Give you in depth knowledge and the chance to apply the learning in a practical way through our 2 day qualification course
- Give you a variety of support materials to help with delivery once you have left the course
- Be available to give telephone-web conference- face to face support when delivering or designing programmes or sessions
- Work with you to help you move toward advanced delivery techniques
SDI Certification Process
The SDI certification process has 3 key steps and will provide participants with advanced facilitation skills and access to the full suite of Relationship Awareness® tools. To help ensure the complete, accurate and ethical use of the SDI® assessments and Relationship Awareness Theory, Personal Strengths Publishing, Inc. requires that facilitators complete, at minimum, Level 1 SDI Qualification to gain access to SDI self-assessments.
Public or In House Certification Workshops
Participants can either attend a Public workshop to achieve Certification or Organisations can arrange for us to run an In House workshop for a minimum of 6 participants.
Public workshop prices
Public workshop prices and possible savings are indicated in the flow diagram and chart below.
(Note: to facilitate the SDI (self Assessment) you only need to attend Level 1)
In-house workshop prices
We offer an In House service where both Level 1 and Level 2 workshops are facilitated at your centre or a location that you arrange. Significant savings for in house programmes, click here to see pricing information.
STEP 1: Level 1 SDI Facilitator Certification (L1) See more...
The goal of our 2-day L1 workshop is to:
- Give you the skills, knowledge, and resources to start working with the SDI (Strength Deployment Inventory®) self-assessments.
- Learn the key principles of Relationship Awareness Theory, the basis on which the SDI was developed.
- Discover how the SDI and Relationship Awareness can seamlessly integrate relationship and conflict management skills into a variety of applications such as leadership development, team building, conflict management, influence and communication.
- Successful completion of this course qualifies attendees to purchase, administer, and debrief the SDI –Portraits of Strengths and Portraits of Overdone Strengths.
- It instils the confidence to start working with the tools the very next day.
STEP 2: Practical Application & Experience See more...
The best way to reinforce new ideas is to start using them right away. Before moving to the next level, we encourage you to apply what you've learned in Level 1 and facilitate the SDI a few times in a group or coaching environment. Level 2 SDI Certification is an advanced application of Relationship Awareness tools and you will get more out of it with some real-world experience under your belt.
We certainly don’t expect you to do it alone- we pride ourselves on the support offered following completion of the two days:
- Support discs and slides- A comprehensive pack of materials is provided to help you facilitate your first sessions.
- Have a question? Check our FAQ to help answer some of the most commonly asked queries about Relationship Awareness and the SDI.
- Looking for inspiration? The case studies page shows how Relationship Awareness & The SDI have been successfully applied in a range of organisations. Once qualified join SDI Facilitators LinkedIn Group to share ideas and discussions on SDI topics
- Facilitator support on design or delivery: Our team of facilitators are available to provide support on delivery-design-coaching.
STEP 3: Level 2 SDI Facilitator Certification (L2) See more...
Open to Level 1 Facilitators who have demonstrated experience using SDI.
The goal of our advanced 2-day L2 workshop is to:
- Give you the full picture of Relationship Awareness.
- Focus on, experiential exercises, and practical applications.
- Explore the SDI's application in:
- Conflict Management
- Performance Coaching
- Developing Team and Individual Behavioural Expectations
- Relationship-based 360-degree feedback
- Developing Two Side contacts using Relationship Awareness Tools
- Successful completion of this course qualifies attendees to purchase, administer, and debrief
- SDI Feedback and Expectations tools
Comparing the results of the feedback and expectations assessments with results from the self-assessments can reveal opportunities to be more effective and have a higher level of satisfaction in a situation or relationship.
