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
