JOHARI WINDOW: Do You Know How Others See You?
The person or people who supervise you and the employees who report to you . . . they all have an image, a feeling, and an opinion about you as a supervisor, an employee, and as a person.
One useful way of thinking about how other people see you and to become more aware of yourself and your behavior is to use a tool called The Johari Window.
This tool helps you to recognize and to remind you that there are :
• things about yourself that you do and don’t know, but others do
• things that people do and don’t know about you, but you know about yourself
• things both you and others do not know about you
A powerful tool to increase knowledge about yourself and your personal effectiveness.
Unknown to yourself
Known to yourself
Unknown
Potential we have in any area we have or do not have experience with.
(e.g. special talent never used; courage in dangerous situation)
Hidden
Information about ourselves that cannot be known unless we tell others about it.
(e.g. secrets)
Unknown to others
Blind
Things we do not know about ourselves.
(e.g. personality “quirk”)
Public
Information about us that is seen by others.(e.g. our job, awards)
Known to others
THE JOHARI WINDOW