Listed below are many organizations that SSI partners with to assist our clients in meeting their needs.

Listed below are some sample tools of the many that SSI uses in serving our clients to strengthen their organizational and individual skills as leaders.

SIMA^®- Discovering Passion and Motivation

SIMA^® stands for System for Identifying Motivated Abilities

The SIMA^® process identifies inner tools, those natural strengths, abilities and motivations that are so critical to success in life and work.

We believe that everyone has a specific combination of skills and motivations that drives what they most want to do and shapes how they most enjoy going about it.

For over thirty years SIMA^® has been used by individuals and organizations to help people identify these inner tools. Nearly 30,000 people have been through this process, in places as far apart as New Zealand, Australia, all over the USA and Europe.

Two types of abilities

In looking at all the tasks an individual performs during a typical week, a remarkable array of skills is exhibited. However, not all of them are equally engaging. We therefore divide these skills into two categories: can-do skills and motivated abilities.

Can-Do Skills

As the name implies, these are the skills the individual is capable of performing with some proficiency but is not motivated to perform.

Motivated Abilities

These are the abilities and activities that the individual

• is drawn to
• finds most absorbing and engaging
• gravitates to without thinking
• considers 'common sense' because they come so naturally

Many people lose track of time when these skills are engaged. These are the skills we are most interested in discovering.

SIMA^® will identify these skills.

How does it do this and why does it work so well?

SIMA^® works so well because it starts with the individual. It doesn't impose any theories or paradigms from the outside. It is not a test. Unlike other assessment methodologies where results are measured against norms and described as one of a type, the picture developed through SIMA^® is a description of the uniqueness of the individual. It does not depend on how well the person takes tests or 'comes across' in an interview. The SIMA^® process identifies the unique recurring motivational themes that have emerged during the person's life, the best predictor of future behavior.

MBTI^® Identifying Your Personal Style

MBTI^® stands for Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

MBTI^® is a tool based on over 50 years of research and development that looks at eight personality preferences that people use in their relationship in their personal as well as professional life. SSI uses the MBTI^® as a tool to help people in organizations:

• Understand oneself and one's behavior
  
• Understand others and how they differ from themselves
  
• Develop approaches for individuals to work together and become more productive

Organizationally, understanding your own Type and the Type of others leads to more productive and cooperative relationships in the work place. Results that have been demonstrated may include:

• More responsive problem solving approaches
  
• Improving communications between supervisors, peers and employees
  
• Career and professional development
  
• More effective teamwork
  
• Resolving conflict
  
• Better match of style with role
  
• More comprehension of details of situational leadership

SSI uses this tool in many different settings very effectively and efficiently with our clients to assist individuals and their organizations in achievement of their specific goals. SSI will assist individuals in these organizations understand their individual type and how that type can best be used to achieve organizational initiatives and goals.