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At its core, your work as a pastor is about relationships—helping people connect with God, themselves, and others. The Strength Deployment Inventory 2.0 (SDI) provides a powerful framework for understanding why we behave the way we do and what motivates others.

Collaboration is the heartbeat of ministry. But differences in personality, motivation, and conflict styles can create friction that hinders progress.

Maybe you’ve heard the adage, “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”

“That couch is not coming into this house!” My friend and I stood balancing the weight of a large couch while straddling the stairs of my...

It’s normal to interpret your spouse’s behaviors (their “what”) by your own motivations (your “why”). In fact, it’s almost inevitable....

To be human is to be fired into life on a quest for love. The reason for this is the divine shape of the human soul. We were made by a...

We live in a world of hype that promises all the benefits without hassle or delay. New and improved! Amazing and essential! Guaranteed...

Most people use their strengths reflexively. That means they use about eight to twelve strengths about 80% of the time, based on what...

The big idea that the SDI unlocks is that the what of a person’s behavior is best understood by knowing the why of a person’s...

Would you give your sixteen-year-old the car keys without showing them which pedal was the brake? Yet the majority of us do something...