Coaching practices for How to Use Johari Window at Work

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  • Our team has patterns that everyone outside us seems to see clearly while none of us inside it can
  • I know in the abstract that I have blind spots, but I couldn’t name a single one
  • I keep saying "that’s just not who I am" and steering clear of anything that doesn’t fit my picture of myself
  • I keep so much of what I actually think and feel to myself that people around me are constantly guessing wrong
  • Whenever I ask people how I’m doing I just get vague, polite reassurance

Practices that may help

  1. The Johari Window
    The Johari Window, developed by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham, is a model of self-knowledge and interpersonal disclosure organized into four quadrants: Open (known to self and others), Blind (known to others, not to self), Hidden (known to self, not to others), and Unknown (known to neither). It is used in coaching and organizational development to guide feedback exchange and self-disclosure, expanding the Open area and reducing blind spots.
  2. Use the Johari Window in team settings
    Apply the window at the team level to improve shared understanding and reduce inter-member blind spots.
    The Johari Window
  3. Map your Johari Window with a trusted person
    Identify what is open, hidden, and blind in a specific relationship or role.
    The Johari Window
  4. Expand the Unknown quadrant through challenge and experience
    Try things outside your current self-concept — undiscovered capacity lives in the Unknown quadrant.
    The Johari Window
  5. Expand the Open area through deliberate self-disclosure
    Share what you know about yourself that others don’t — reducing the Hidden quadrant.
    The Johari Window
  6. Actively seek feedback on your blind spots
    Ask specifically for what others see that you might not — with enough specificity to get honest answers.
    The Johari Window
  7. Receive feedback with minimal defensiveness
    Treat feedback as data about others’ experience — not as a verdict on your character.
    The Johari Window
  8. Use the wheel as a relationship check-in, not just a solo exercise
    Sharing your wheel with a partner, coach, or trusted friend turns a self-assessment into a conversation and a commitment.
    The Wheel of Life, Made Practical
  9. Let the report own the agenda
    It’s their meeting — they bring what matters to them, and you adapt to it.
    Effective One-on-Ones, Made Practical
  10. Share information to unlock value
    Reveal interests (not your bottom line) so both sides can find the better deal.
    Win-Win Thinking: Expanding the Pie

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