Renown Health has partnered with Core Strengths for over a decade, integrating the SDI 2.0 assessment and its Relationship Intelligence insights into their in-house training and development programs. The assessment helps team members understand their motives and strengths and those of their colleagues to improve their self-awareness, relationship awareness, and ability to work effectively together.
“All of our programs start with going through the SDI [2.0] and really understanding our motivations, how we show up, and how other people show up differently than us. I think the strengths and overdone strengths are key to that.”
Have you ever wondered how organizations ensure their teams deliver on their mission and make a difference in their communities? Renown Health, northern Nevada’s largest not-for-profit health network, has found a way to do just that – by incorporating Relationship Intelligence into their culture with the help of Core Strengths and the SDI 2.0 assessment.
Renown Health has partnered with Core Strengths for over a decade, integrating the SDI 2.0 assessment and its Relationship Intelligence insights into their in-house training and development programs. The assessment helps team members understand their motives and strengths and those of their colleagues to improve their self-awareness, relationship awareness, and ability to work effectively together.
For instance, during their new people leader onboarding and leadership development programs, participants complete the SDI 2.0 assessment. This helps them understand why they do what they do and how they can use their strengths to achieve their desired results.
Nicole Petersen, Manager of Organizational Development at Renown Health, says knowing how to interact with people is crucial to their work. “All of our programs start with going through the SDI [2.0] and really understanding our motivations, how we show up, and how other people show up differently than us. I think the strengths and overdone strengths are key to that.”
The SDI 2.0 is also used to help build positive relationships in new and existing teams, improving collaboration and productivity and helping navigate conflict. “We just want to set the grounds to build a new team. They’re in that forming stage, or we have a team that’s maybe storming and not connecting productively. So, we’ll use that tool to help them understand each other [better] and move through some of those conflicts,” Petersen explains.
Incorporating Relationship Intelligence into the flow of work has created a common language that is now a part of Renown Health’s culture. “We know that we have to collaborate to deliver results. And so that’s why it often is the start of our programs or training or classes. If we can’t communicate effectively, if we don’t collaborate effectively, and if we can’t even express our point of view effectively, it makes it really hard to do great work,” Petersen says.
Renown Health is northern Nevada’s largest not-for-profit health network and a nationally recognized healthcare Leader. Renown Health delivers excellence in healthcare with a dedicated staff of over 7,000 employees, modern facilities, state-of-the-art technology, a commitment to quality care, and a role in educating future physicians and nurses.
