Knowing your strengths, weaknesses, vulnerabilities, thoughts, and feelings is a big step towards knowing who you really are. Self-awareness is the key to preventing the emotional drama that guides your reactions to situations and other people.

2. SELF
AWARENESS

3. ICEBREAKER

4. WHO IS YOUR
FAVOURITE
PERSONALITY?
WHY?

5. OBJECTIVES
• To make the participants
understand the concept of self
awareness
• To create awareness among the
participants about SELF
• To enable the participants to
recognize their personal traits
• To enable the participants to
understand the importance of self
awareness

6. EMPOWERMENT
THOUGH SELF
AWARENESS.
 Knowing your strengths, weaknesses,
vulnerabilities, thoughts and feelings
is a big step towards knowing who
you really are.
 Self awareness is the key to
preventing the emotional drama that
guides your reactions to situations
and other people.

7. Self-Awareness
 Improving Interpersonal Relations with
Constructive Self-Disclosure/self
awareness.

8. Concept of Self
• All of us have different images of self. We see ourselves in some way smart,
slow, kind, cooperative, lazy, meticulous or shrewd, one can pick up any number
of adjectives to describe oneself.
• It is the „I‟ behind the face of the mirror, the „I‟ that nobody knows fully. The
self is the star in every act of communication

9. SELF
I
SMART
MOTHER
LAZY
INTELLIGENT

10. SWOT
ANALYSIS

11. SWOT
ANALYSIS
• SWOT Analysis is a useful technique
that helps to identify strengths and
weaknesses, and analysing the
opportunities and threats.
• What makes SWOT especially
powerful is that, with a little thought,
it can help uncover opportunities that
would not otherwise have spotted.
• By understanding weaknesses, one
can manage and eliminate threats
that might otherwise hurt one’s
ability to move forward.

12. STRENGTHS
What advantages do you have that others don't have
(for example, skills, certifications, education, or
connections)?
What do you do better than anyone else?
Which of your achievements are you most proud of?
Are you part of a network that no one else is involved
in? If so, what connections do you have with influential
people?
Think about your strengths in relation to the people
around you.

13. For example
• If you are a great mathematician and
then people around you are also great at
math's, then this is not likely to be a
strength in your current role-it may be a
necessity.

14. WEAKNESSES
What tasks do you usually avoid
because you don't feel confident doing
them?
What are your negative work habits (for
example, are you often late, are you
disorganized, do you have a short
temper, or are you poor at handling
stress)?
What would your boss or co-
workers say are your
weaknesses?

15. OPPORTUNITIES
• What new technology can help you?
• Is your industry growing? If so, how can you
take advantage of the current market?
• Are any of your competitors failing to do
something important? If so, can you take
advantage of their mistakes?
• Do your customers or vendors complain
about something in your company? If so,
could you create an opportunity by offering a
solution?

16. THREATS
• What obstacles do you currently face
at work?
• Are any of your colleagues competing
with you for projects or roles?
• Is your job (or the demand for the
things you do) changing?
• Does changing technology threaten
your position?
• Could any of your weaknesses lead
to threats?

17. Importance
of self
concept
A person's self-concept affects
his way of relating with others.
A strong self- concept is
necessary for healthy and
satisfying interaction.
A weak self-concept on the other
hand often distorts the individual's
perceptions of how others see him,
generating feeling of insecurity in
relating to other people.

18. Conflict of
Self-concept
• Each human being is several selves.
He lives in the role of father,
husband, businessman, executive,
player and so forth but if there are
conflicts among any of these roles
discomfort arises.
• Such conflicts bring with them
dynamics as tensions, guilty feelings
• We tend to resolve these conflict
based on our personality orientations

19. Self-Awareness
Awareness of self does
not emerge in an
individual at the time
of his birth or any
particular stage of his
or her lifetime.
01
It gradually develops
from its initial stages
into more and more
complex form.
02
It does not
accomplish any final
form in the course of
human life.
03

20. Steps to Awareness
Self-Examinations Self-Expectations
Self-Direction Broadened Perceptions

21. The Johari Window: A Model for Self-
Understanding
• Model considers that there is information
• You and others know
• Only you know about yourself
• Only others know about you
• Nobody knows

22. JOHARI
Window: An
Interpersonal
Communicati
ons Model

23. The Four
Panes of the
Johari
Window
 Open
 Blind
 Hidden
 Unknown

24. Open Area
• Represents the “public” or “awareness” area and contains information that both you and
others know
• Information that you don't mind admitting
• Gets bigger over time as relationships mature
• A productive relationship is related to the amount of mutually held information
• Building a relationship involved

25. Blind Area
Information about yourself
that others know but you
are not yet aware
Others may see you
differently than you see
yourself
Effective relations strive to
reduce this area
Open communication
encourages people to give
you feedback

26. Hidden Area
Information that you
know that others do
not
Private feelings, needs,
and past experiences
that you prefer to keep
to yourself
If this area is too large,
you can be perceived
as lacking authenticity

27. Unknown Area
• Information that is unknown to
you and to others
• Areas of unrecognized talent,
motives, or early childhood
memories that influence your
behaviour
• Always present, never disappears
• Open communication can expose
some of this area

28. Johari Window
The four panes are
interrelated
Changes to one
pane impact the
size of the others
As relationships
develop, the open
area should grow

29. Bull in the
China shop
• The person maintains his level
of interaction primarily by giving
feedback but soliciting very
little.
• His participation style is to tell
the group what he thinks of
them, how he feels about what
is going on in the group but
does not entertain any feedback
on him.

30. Turtle
It represents the person who does not know much about himself, nor
does the group know much about him. He may be the silent member
or the observer in the group who neither gives nor asks for feedback.
He appears to have shell around him which insulates him from other
group members.

31. WAYS TO IMPROVE/ EMPOWERMENT

32. Constructive Criticism
Constructive criticism is a
form of self disclosure that
helps another person look at
their own behaviour without
putting that person on the
defensive
Not the same as
blaming

33. Constructive Criticism
SKILL THAT CAN BE MASTERED
THROUGH LEARNING AND PRACTICE
REPLACE “YOU” STATEMENTS WITH “I”
STATEMENTS
REQUEST CHANGES “IN THE FUTURE”
INSTEAD OF POINTING OUT SOMETHING
NEGATIVE IN THE PRESENT

34. Four Benefits of Self-Disclosure
INCREASED ACCURACY
IN COMMUNICATION
REDUCTION OF STRESS INCREASED SELF-
AWARENESS
STRONGER
RELATIONSHIPS

35. Increased Accuracy in Communication
PEOPLE CAN NOT READ MINDS TAKE THE GUESS WORK OUT OF
THE PROCESS
REPORTING BOTH FACTS AND
FEELINGS IMPROVES ACCURACY

36. Reduction of
Stress
• Emphasis on privacy and
concealment of feelings creates stress
• Sharing inner thoughts and feelings
usually reduces stress
• Stress symptoms can include ◦ high
blood pressure – perspiration
• Decline in immunization – rapid
breathing

37. Increased Self-awareness
Self-awareness
The ability to recognize and
understand your moods,
emotions, drives and their
effect on others
The foundation on which
self-development is built
Increases as you receive
feedback from others

38. Stronger Relationships
When two people
engage in an open
dialogue, they
often develop a
high regard for
each other's views
Enhances
awareness of
common interests
and concerns

39. ANY QUESTIONS?

40. THANK YOU!