Coaching practices for Team Blind Spots Feedback
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- Whenever I ask people how I’m doing I just get vague, polite reassurance
- I can spot everyone else’s blind spots instantly
- All the feedback I get is about whether I hit the target, and none of it touches the assumptions underneath how I’m even seeing the situation
- I know in the abstract that I have blind spots, but I couldn’t name a single one
- People who know me keep pointing at some pattern in me that I genuinely can’t see in myself
Practices that may help
- 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 - Question your own objectivity explicitly
Ask yourself what forces might be shaping your perception before assuming you see things clearly.
Naive Realism: Why Everyone Thinks They See Things as They Are - Seek developmental feedback, not just performance feedback
Ask for feedback that challenges your assumptions about how you see, not just how you perform.
Kegan’s Subject-Object Theory, Made Practical - Map your Johari Window with a trusted person
Identify what is open, hidden, and blind in a specific relationship or role.
The Johari Window - The Enneagram blind-spot inquiry
Use your type’s characteristic blind spot as a daily question: "How might I be doing this without knowing it?"
The Enneagram - 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 - Invite a response after delivering SBI
Close SBI by asking what the other person makes of it — not with a verdict.
The SBI Feedback Model, Made Practical - Choose the right moment and setting for feedback
Feedback lands in proportion to how safe and ready the receiver feels — timing and privacy matter.
The SBI Feedback Model, Made Practical - Make feedback flow in both directions
Give timely, specific feedback — and ask for it on your own management.
Effective One-on-Ones, Made Practical - Receive feedback with minimal defensiveness
Treat feedback as data about others’ experience — not as a verdict on your character.
The Johari Window
Related concerns
- How To Get Blind Spot Feedback
Ask specifically for what others see that you might not — with enough specificity to get honest answers.
Actively seek feedback on your blind spots
- Inner Game Feedback Method
Treat every outcome as information, not a verdict — adjust without judging.
Use the performance-feedback loop without Self 1
- Johari Blind Area
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.
- Johari Window Feedback
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.
- Openness To Feedback
Treat feedback as data about others’ experience — not as a verdict on your character.
Receive feedback with minimal defensiveness
- Accurate Feedback
Feedback lands in proportion to how safe and ready the receiver feels — timing and privacy matter.
Choose the right moment and setting for feedback
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