Become a Certified SDI Facilitator
Join certified SDI® facilitators worldwide and equip your teams with the self-awareness and relationship intelligence needed to strengthen mutual understanding and workplace relationships.
Strengthen workplace relationships and dynamics
The Strength Deployment Inventory® (SDI®) is a research-based assessment that reveals what drives people’s behaviour, both when work is going well and when conflict or pressure arises. By increasing self-awareness and understanding of others motives, SDI® gives teams a shared language to navigate differences, resolve conflict, and build more productive workplace relationships.
Benefits of SDI® Certification
SDI® Certification Program Overview
Delivered virtually across two interactive 3.5-hour sessions over two days, led by a locally based SDI® Certified Master Trainer.
- Explore the four views of the SDI®
- Practice facilitating the SDI® model
- Build confidence handling real-world questions, scenarios, and platform use
- Comprehensive facilitator guide and resources
- Practical job aids
- Access to the SDI® Platform, Certification Zone and Resource Book
- One personal SDI® assessment plus 20 assessments to pilot internally
- Six week guided email support series
- Continued access to updated tools and resources
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Frequently asked questions
What is SDI® Certification?
SDI® Certification equips you to professionally administer, interpret, and facilitate the Strength Deployment Inventory® assessment. As a certified facilitator, you gain the skills, tools, and confidence to help individuals and teams build self-awareness, improve relationships, and navigate conflict more effectively at work.
Who should become a certified SDI® facilitator?
SDI® Certification is ideal for HR, OD, L&D professionals, coaches, facilitators, leaders, consultants, and internal trainers who support leadership development, team effectiveness, coaching, or workplace culture initiatives.
What will I learn during SDI® Certification?
You’ll learn how to interpret SDI® results, facilitate conversations about motives and conflict behaviour, apply the Four Views of SDI®, and confidently respond to real-world questions. The program builds both technical assessment knowledge and practical facilitation capability.
How is the SDI® Certification delivered?
The certification is delivered virtually across two interactive 3.5-hour sessions over two days, led by a locally based SDI® Certified Master Trainer. Sessions are highly practical and include discussion, practice, and real-world application.
What is included with SDI® Certification?
Certification includes comprehensive facilitator resources, practical job aids, access to the SDI® Platform and Certification Zone, the SDI® Resource Book for advanced interpretation, your own SDI® assessment, and 20 additional SDI® assessments to pilot within your organisation.
Do I need prior experience with SDI® to become certified?
No prior SDI® experience is required. The certification is designed to build your capability from the ground up, whether you are new to SDI® or looking to deepen your existing facilitation and coaching skills.
How can SDI® be used in the workplace?
SDI® can be applied across leadership development, team building, coaching, conflict resolution, performance conversations, and culture initiatives. It provides a shared language that helps people understand motives, reduce defensiveness, and strengthen working relationships.
What support do facilitators receive after certification?
Following certification, facilitators receive ongoing support through a six-week email series and continued access to resources. This ensures you feel confident delivering SDI® and embedding learning in a sustainable way within your organisation.
How does SDI® support conflict management?
SDI® helps individuals understand how motives shift under pressure and conflict. This insight allows teams to address differences earlier, reduce misunderstandings, and navigate challenging conversations with greater awareness and respect.
Can I use SDI® internally within my organisation?
Yes. SDI® Certification enables you to use the assessment internally to support leaders, teams, and employees. The included assessments allow you to begin piloting SDI® immediately following certification.
