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A Learning Local tool
A simple tool for building self-awareness through feedback.

THE FEEDBACK
WINDOW.

How you see yourself.
How others experience you.

A simple self-awareness tool to compare how you see yourself with how others experience you.

Choose six words that best describe how you tend to show up when working with others. You’ll then be able to invite people who know you to do the same.

There are no scores, types or right answers. The purpose is to build self-awareness through feedback.

WHAT IS THE FEEDBACK WINDOW?

The Feedback Window is based on the Johari Window, a model developed in 1955 by psychologists Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham.

The Johari Window is a framework for exploring self-awareness, relationships and how we are perceived by other people.

It looks at the difference between what is known to us about ourselves and what is known to others. These different perspectives are organised into four areas:

OPEN

Things that are known to you and also recognised by other people.

BLIND SPOT

Things other people may recognise in you that you are less aware of yourself.

HIDDEN

Things you know about yourself that other people may not see or know.

UNEXPLORED

Things that are not currently recognised by either you or others.

The model is often used in personal development, leadership, coaching and team development to help people build greater self-awareness and explore how their intentions, behaviours and impact may be experienced differently by others.

The aim is not to create a fixed picture of who someone is. Perceptions can differ between people, relationships and situations, and they can change over time.

The Feedback Window uses this model as a simple way to compare your own view with the perspectives of others and notice what may be worth exploring further.

Based on the Johari Window model developed by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham (1955).