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Topic: Interpersonal and Non-verbal skills

Behaviour at work

The Johari Window model has been a valuable tool in developing helping skills and the processes designed to increase an individual’s level of self-knowledge. The Johari Window as originally conceptualised by Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham in 1955 in the United States, consists of a window pane divided into four cells as shown in Figure 1. The Johari Window provides four basic forms of the Self (the Public, Private, Blind, and Undiscovered Self).

The Public Self is what others and you see in yourself. Most of the time you tends to agrees with this view as you are aware of this behaviour. The Private or Hidden Self is what you see in yourself but others don’t. Usually you do not want this information to be disclosed for the reason of protection as such you may be ashamed of these areas due to vulnerability to having your faults, weaknesses, and dysfunctions exposed (Samuel López De Victoria, 2008).

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