The Johari Window is a dominant model for self-awareness, personal development, group development, and understanding the relationship. It has been developed by Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham on 1950’s, and it has four areas:
• Free area is self-conscious, and it contains our behavior, value, and style of life;
• Blind area is the key to personal progress and team development capabilities;
• Hidden area is the private information and our boundaries that we do not present to others;
• The unknown area is a complex area which needs discover, and it is under the surface of our unconsciousness mind.(Vorce & Fragasso, 2016) The horizontal axis of Johari Window describes the individual knowledge that is known for ourselves, and the vertical …show more content…
Kerr (2014) in his book with the name of “The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting and Managing Change,” in chapter nine, emphasizes on promoting transparency in the organizations to improve the hidden area. The Hidden area is a critical spot in the organizations because many employees do not want to share their information, not only personal information but professional information because they think they can keep power over others with knowing more information; and they secure their jobs. I faced with this kind of people in my previous job, so I decided to establish a project as knowledge sharing among the engineering teams to institutionalize the culture of share professional and technical information to improve the efficiency of engineering …show more content…
So, uncovering this hidden part provides people opportunity to experience new things and be creative in the society and organization(Businessball, 2017). A leader, who wants to scan the horizon of science and pioneer in human being leadership, needs to acquis the new ideas.(Little, 2005) In conclusion, Open communication is the key to success of the organization. Self-discovery, giving feedback to the individual, sharing information to the group will increase the open area. Leaders in promoting the culture of the open free area by honesty, positive thinking, and active listening have the vital roles in
• Free area is self-conscious, and it contains our behavior, value, and style of life;
• Blind area is the key to personal progress and team development capabilities;
• Hidden area is the private information and our boundaries that we do not present to others;
• The unknown area is a complex area which needs discover, and it is under the surface of our unconsciousness mind.(Vorce & Fragasso, 2016) The horizontal axis of Johari Window describes the individual knowledge that is known for ourselves, and the vertical …show more content…
Kerr (2014) in his book with the name of “The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting and Managing Change,” in chapter nine, emphasizes on promoting transparency in the organizations to improve the hidden area. The Hidden area is a critical spot in the organizations because many employees do not want to share their information, not only personal information but professional information because they think they can keep power over others with knowing more information; and they secure their jobs. I faced with this kind of people in my previous job, so I decided to establish a project as knowledge sharing among the engineering teams to institutionalize the culture of share professional and technical information to improve the efficiency of engineering …show more content…
So, uncovering this hidden part provides people opportunity to experience new things and be creative in the society and organization(Businessball, 2017). A leader, who wants to scan the horizon of science and pioneer in human being leadership, needs to acquis the new ideas.(Little, 2005) In conclusion, Open communication is the key to success of the organization. Self-discovery, giving feedback to the individual, sharing information to the group will increase the open area. Leaders in promoting the culture of the open free area by honesty, positive thinking, and active listening have the vital roles in