Joharis Window in Career Path Analysis - Essay Example

All the adjectives are then inserted into a four-paneled grid called Johari Window, which represents the person. The four panes represent the following:

OPEN: this panel represents the quality which he knows he has and the others do as well.

HIDDEN: This panel represents those qualities that he knows he has but others are not aware of them. The subject may not want to share this information with others.

BLINDSPOT: This panel represents those qualities that others know he has but the subject is unaware of them

MYSTERY: The qualities the subject does not know he possesses and the others are unaware of as well.

Johari's Window represents that every person is mysterious and there is more to a person than meets the eye. There are things that a person knows about himself, a person does not know about himself, others know about him and others do not know about him. It helps people deal with their negative qualities in a good way. It also helps in building trust by sharing.

In my case, I can use my analysis by the Johari’s Window in a number of scenarios. The open area is best for communication and relations with others. By the expansion of my open area, I am aware of who I am and the others are as well. That enables me and my subject to communicate on the same level and we get each other. In case I am interacting with a new member of the team, the unknown area of the Window is large, as he doesn’t know me and I don’t know him. In the case of a person I already know, the open area is larger and the unknown area is relatively smaller.