Page 2 - Johari_Window_Personal_Effectiveness_Scale_Assessment

The figure below left is based on your report and represents your Johari window as it looks
now. The quadrants can change size over time - and because they are interdependent, changing
the size of one quadrant will also change the size of others

Following is a short list of probable approaches for "Openness to
feedback.". The list is not exhaustive. Observe your behavior and
notice how you usually respond when you receive feedback

Defensive Assertive
Behaviour Behaviour
Denial Owning
Rationalisation Self Analysis
Projection Empathy

Displacement Exploration
A large KNOWN area shows that you Quick Acceptance Data Collection
are aware of your abilities, feelings and
behaviors. People around you understand Withdrawal Expressing feeling
you well. Small KNOWN areas can be sign Aggression Help seeking
that the person is new to the job or is
very young. It can also reflect someone Humour Concern
who is an introvert or uncommunicative Competition with authority Listening
or difficult to work with
Cynicism Positive Critical Attitude
Intellectualisation Sharing concern

A small BLIND area indicates that you are Generalisation Experimenting
aware of how your behaviour affects Pairing Relating to a group
other people, whereas a large BLIND
area can suggest that a person may be Results in a conflicted self Results in an integrated self
naive or even in denial of certain
behavioral response. It could also mean Look at the list of charachteristics below, then reflect on your
that others are not sharing what they
know about you with you. inner self and choose the words that you think best describes you.
Then ask your colleagues to do the same. Draw a Johari window
diagram and fill in the quadrants.

The CLOSED or hidden area represents Known area - write the adjectives that both you and your colleague chose
things that you know about yourself but Closed area - write the adjectives that only you chose
that you keep hidden from other people. Blind area - write the adjectives that only your colleague chose
A large CLOSED area denotes too many
things that you keep away from other Unknown area - write the adjectives that were not chosen by any of you
people. Witholding information is perfectly but you are prompted to consider
reasonable if it has no bearing on your
work. However hiding information about
yourself that is related to work could Able Accepting Adaptable Bold brave calm caring
lead to co workers having less trust in
you. cheerful clever complex confident dependable dignified

energetic extroverted friendly giving happy helpful
idealistic independent ingenious intelligent introverted
The UNKNOWN area represents things kind knowledgeable logical loving mature modest
that are unknown to you (about your nervous observant organized patient powerful proud
own self) and also unknown to others.
For example you may have some dazzling quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching
untapped abilities that neither you nor self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy silly
anyone else knows about. A large
unknown area may be a sign of youth or spontaneous sympathetic tense trustworthy warm wise
inexperience. But it can also mean that witty
you need to work hard on self -
awareness and discovering new *Disclaimer: This is not a Personality Style Report. This report is based on the responses given during the assessment.
information about yourself. This report describes what can be interpreted from those responses and like all psychometric assessments does not
claim 100 percent accuracy. It is strongly recommended that this report be interpreted alongside other personality
assessment tools like MBTI, Hogan, Thomas PPA, etc. It is also recommended that this report be interpreted by certified
professionals or coach. This report is designed specifically for training and development purpose, and should be used
only in such contexts.