Crucial Teams

Continue Your Journey

Congratulations on completing Crucial Teams. The resources on this page will help you better apply and retain what you’ve learned.

Watch this short video with Justin to get started.

Please note: These resources are only for those who have completed the Crucial Teams course by Crucial Learning.


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Building Better Teams

Teams are a collection of relationships. Leverage the SDI to strengthen relationships and transform team performance.

Assessing Your Team


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A NEW DEFINITION OF TEAMS

A team is a relationship between two or more people who have an interest in the results of their combined efforts. Learn how defining a team by its relationships leads to better team building and results.

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CREATE A TEAM PROFILE

Create a team profile on the SDI Platform to see how you and your teammates compare. You’ll also find insights to help you better interact and communicate with each other.

Choose a Generous
View of People

Look beyond behavior with a view of motives.

CHOOSING A GENEROUS VIEW DOESN’T MEAN EXCUSING BAD BEHAVIOR


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HOW TO SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE


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RECOGNITION IN RELATIONSHIPS

Have you ever received a compliment that missed the mark? Perhaps you’ve given praise that has backfired. Discover how to give meaningful recognition—and receive such, even it misses the mark—with this resource.

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COMPARE MVS TYPES

Motives help us understand why people do what they do. Using the Motivational Value System (MVS) as an anchoring point, consider each of the core motives—People, Performance, and Process—when trying to understand what motivates your teammates.

Develop a Deeper View of Strengths

Cater your approach to suit the interaction while remaining true to your motives and strengths.

SHARE YOUR GOOD INTENT


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PAIR YOUR STRENGTHS

Master Trainer Ray Linder shares his story on pairing two strengths together to avoid being perceived as overdone by some colleagues when using his top strength.


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CONNECTING COMPETENCIES AND STRENGTHS

If there is a competency around strengths, it’s having the ability to accurately assess the situation and choose the right strength at the right time.

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TEAM STRENGTHS PORTRAIT

Access your team’s Strengths Portrait. Consider where your top strength fall on this composite report and compare with specific teammates for strengths insights.

Discover a Clearer View of Conflict

Take responsibility for your contribution to team irritation and conflict.

DON’T LET YOUR STORIES GET AWAY FROM YOU

Master Trainer Justin Hale shares the impact of negative stories we tell and how rethinking these stories can change the course of the conflict from the very beginning.


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HOW THE SDI CONTRIBUTES TO PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY

Psychological safety depends on trust that another has good motives with regard to us and our values. The SDI helps people gain awareness of the positive motives that drive their teammates, and helps them see how their own motives can shape their perspectives and behaviors.

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MANAGING YOUR CONFLICT TRIGGERS

I recently took the SDI assessment and I need help applying the insights I’ve gained. I think I now better understand why one of my coworkers annoys me. She is very timid and soft-spoken, and I tend to lose my patience when working with her.

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SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON

If you find yourself in conflict with a teammate, compare your MVS types. Review their conflict sequence and the tips for better interaction and communication.

A New View of Teams

A new way of seeing is key to achieving a new level of performance.

TIPS FOR NEW VIEW INTERVIEWS

Don’t stop at the interview you conducted during the course. Check out this video where Master Trainer Justin Hale explores bringing these interviews back to your day-to-day interactions and workplace relationships—whether or not the person has taken the SDI assessment.


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NEW VIEW INTERVIEW TEMPLATES

Compare with a teammate. View their Conflict Sequence insights and communication tips when in conflict.

Additional Resources

THE SCIENCE AND HISTORY OF THE SDI

SDI coauthor Tim Scudder shares the history of and theory behind the SDI assessment.


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HOW DOES THE SDI ASSESSMENT COMPARE TO MBTI?

The SDI and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) are both personality assessments with some key differences.

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HOW DOES THE SDI ASSESSMENT COMPARE TO DISC?

DISC assesses personality from a behavioral standpoint, while the SDI does so from a motivational one. Learn more about the differences between the two.