Question

The Johari window assignment was both easy and difficult for me. The easy part of this selection process was choosing words that I found as descriptive of myself. I had a hard time only choosing five or six words. I first started out by choosing all the words that I thought were descriptive of myself and then I went back over them again, and again until I finally eliminated enough to proceed. Through this process of elimination, I was able to deselect the words that exceeded the limit of six.

There were nine respondents on the Johari Window link that I shared. One of them was one of my managers from a previous job, six of them were my current employees, and the other two were friends that I have known for a few years. I found it interesting while comparing feedback about what I thought of myself versus what others thought of me how many similarities there were. I found it surprising that these comparisons were not as different as I would have assumed for them to be. I have always been told by coworkers, friends, and friends of friends, that I appear unapproachable or that I am intimidating to them until they get to know me. Always being told this about myself somewhat gave me a complex about myself. I never intentionally tried to appear this way to others so this assignment somewhat debunked these thoughts I had of myself.
I found that in order to reduce the blind spots and the façade areas, which are where others perceive qualities or behaviors that I am unaware of, that I should probably be more open to communication and feedback. This would hopefully help to close the gap between how others view me and how I view myself. The façade portion of this window represents the areas of my being that I keep hidden from others. My façade area was blank. This represents to me that I must be pretty open and trusting since I don’t have any unknowns.

Answer 1

The Johari Window helped the student uncover surprising similarities between self-perception and others' views, challenging the belief of being unapproachable and highlighting the importance of open communication for personal growth.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Johari window is a self-assessment tool that helps people better understand their relationship with themselves and others. From the experience shared, some of the most interesting discoveries made were the similarities between self-perception and how others perceive the individual, suggesting less of a facade than presumed. The most challenging moments stemmed from having to narrow down self-selected traits and confronting feelings of being unapproachable.

To reduce blind spots and facade areas, increasing open communication and feedback was seen as beneficial. The lack of unknowns in the facade area hinted at a personality that is open and trustworthy. Integrating the views of others with self-assessment has debunked previous beliefs and may lead to personal growth and improved communication skills.