Igor Boševski Supplier realtionship managerESO Chemicals, Lek d.d.

We are a newly established team, three women and seven men, three nationalities and three generations, making the rules of our operations as we are going. Clearly, to work together effectively, we needed to get to know each other better – SDI has proven to be an effective method to use.

We spent a day together in a cozy environment, hosted by FastForward, getting to understand what really drives each of us. We gained quite a new perspective on how we are different, with some people that are thinking deeply, while others are just going straight ahead and some taking care more for the people or putting the emphasis on strong relationships. Indeed, from the phrase that we value diversity, we got a flavor of what that really means in our day-to-day work.

As a person with a ‘red’ drive, I have realised that I need ‘green’ next to me - to set the course at least a bit right, so as not to have to fix everything on the fly. Moreover, for the brainstorming, there is a small group of people in the team, which is just right for that: open minded for all options. Our diversity is a huge, not yet fully deployed lever in the team and SDI helped us to start to become aware of what it means for us.

We are take small steps at a time and using it more and more. Helping us to be not only more successful as a team, but also feeling better with each other while knowing our “true colors”.