The Johari Window is a great tool to help you develop and grow in your HR career. In this episode of HR Coffee Time, career coach Fay Wallis talks you through how to use it to learn more about yourself and identify your hidden strengths and areas for development. It’s the first in a series of episodes focused on gaining feedback to enhance your career.

Key Points From This Episode

[03:53] An introduction to the Johari Window

[05:59] Fay encourages you to try using the Johari Window model during the episode, using her free template

[06:29] The bottom left quadrant – The ‘hidden/façade’ area

[09:42] Fay gives an example of something that had been in her ‘hidden area’ – anxiety. She refers back to episode 9 - Understanding & supporting mental health at work, with Danielle Bridge

[11:12] The top right quadrant – the ‘you don’t know but others do’ area

• Fay shares an article about ableist language by Lydia X Z Brown

[14:18] Fay offers an example of something that would previously have been in her ‘you don’t know but others do’ area

[17:33] The importance of our feedback for identifying our strengths and developmental

areas

[19:03] Fay shares two simple questions to use when seeking feedback (as taught to her by Charlie Warshawski, who was a guest in episode 53)

[21:09] Another useful model for self-reflection and to use with teams is covered in episode 35 - Helping teams thrive with personal user manuals

[21:43] The final quadrant – the ‘unknown’ area

Useful Links

• Connect with Fay on LinkedIn
• The Bright Sky Career Coaching website
• Video: how to rate & review HR Coffee Time on Apple Podcasts
• Fay’s Johari Window free downloadable template

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